education

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Why music education is essential for children
Did you take piano lessons as a kid? Or maybe you sang in your church’s choir. Maybe your parent played an instrument, or maybe you went to Mummy & Me music classes at your local community centre? All of these
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Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang to set up ‘piano labs’ in UK schools
Plan follows schemes in US and China that have given 180,000 disadvantaged children access to keyboards
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Music Education: Why It Is Important To The Industry
All the key stakeholders in the education sector understand the importance of music education not only to the students but also to the global music industry.
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Tips for getting your kids to love music education and learn an instrument
Many parents these days want their children to participate in extracurricular activities and music is one such activity that kids would love to learn and indulge themselves. The sonic curiosity and the sheer thrill of being able to play an
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‘Just as important as English or maths’: how mentoring is bringing music alive for primary school students
The National Music Teacher Mentoring Program was established by Richard Gill in 2015 and implemented through the Australian Youth Orchestra.
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Music can help lift our kids out of the literacy rut, but schools in some states are still missing out
The 2005 National Review of School Music Education found many Australian students missed out on music education, with massive disparities between states. In 2020, our research for the Tony Foundation found the same issues, despite the fact that the Australian
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Teaching music online in the pandemic has yielded creative surprises, like mixing ‘Blob Opera’ and beatboxing
Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, or how to sing, teachers rely on learners’ physical cues to help them progress — cues that are often obscured either by watching
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Why you need to embed music into every lesson
Involvement in music fosters important life skills – but too often, it’s relegated to the bottom of the list, say these teachers
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