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Muzigal launches State-of-the-art Music Academy in Nallagandla
1 day, 3 hours ago

Muzigal launches State-of-the-art Music Academy in Nallagandla

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Muzigal, India’s largest Music Education Platform, launched its state-of-the-art music academy in Hyderabad. Muzigal’s state-of-the-art academy is setting a gold standard in music education by providing a 360-degree framework in the music learning and teaching eco-system with online, offline and music instruments’ shop-front integrated into one platform. Speaking at the launch of Muzigal’s Nallagandla Academy, Muzigal’s Founder Dr. Lakshminarayana …

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Musicians and Boyer lecturers Anna Goldsworthy and Aaron Wyatt on why we need music more than ever
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Musicians and Boyer lecturers Anna Goldsworthy and Aaron Wyatt on why we need music more than ever

ABC  

Anna Goldsworthy speaks about classical music with an almost spiritual reverence. Professor Goldsworthy believes classical music can remind us that "we have more in common than we have apart". But I think it's worth also highlighting that classical music is still something that's happening today; there are still living Australian composers," he says. Wyatt and Professor Goldsworthy agree that the …

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Opinion: The musical gift Los Angeles offers public school kids
11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: The musical gift Los Angeles offers public school kids

LA Times  

It was a perfect summer’s day in June 1999. It’s one of those “if you know, you know” places in Los Angeles that has witnessed as much music history as almost any other room in the world. On this occasion, the 94-year-old landmark was welcoming students, alumni and staff of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Steve is a piano …

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This pioneering music program has Western Sydney primary school students playing alongside world-class musicians
1 year, 3 months ago

This pioneering music program has Western Sydney primary school students playing alongside world-class musicians

ABC  

In the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Neilson auditorium in Sydney's Walsh Bay, a flock of primary school children is chittering excitedly in the wings. She has been learning the instrument for the past five years as part of an in-class music program at St Marys North Public School in Sydney's West. The biggest roadblock to scaling the program is not resourcing, …

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The way you engage with music affects your mood in different ways
1 year, 4 months ago

The way you engage with music affects your mood in different ways

ABC  

Some experiences are very hard to put into words. In the days and weeks after any unexpected and catastrophic event, when moving beyond grief seems to be almost impossible, the Barber Adagio and many other pieces of music give people the hope that while we will never forget, we could possibly move beyond the fear and sometimes intense grief. In …

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Music teachers band together to stop 'illiterate' students falling through gaps
1 year, 4 months ago

Music teachers band together to stop 'illiterate' students falling through gaps

ABC  

Most students that Hannah O'Neill encounters each day are musically "illiterate". Key points: Nearly two in three Australian primary schools offer no classroom music, according to The Music Trust Students undertake between four and 17 hours music teaching training while studying to become a classroom teacher A group of regional music teachers are teaching other teachers to address "a knowledge …

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Violinists compete for chance to shine
1 year, 5 months ago

Violinists compete for chance to shine

China Daily  

Wang Liguang, president of China Conservatory of Music, and Ryan Fleur, executive director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, attend the Beijing event to announce the launch of the Global Music Education League Violin Competition. The China Conservatory of Music announced that the Global Music Education League Violin Competition will take place in Beijing from Nov 3 to Nov 13, with …

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Violinists compete for chance to shine
1 year, 5 months ago

Violinists compete for chance to shine

China Daily  

Wang Liguang, president of China Conservatory of Music, and Ryan Fleur, executive director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, attend the Beijing event to announce the launch of the Global Music Education League Violin Competition. The China Conservatory of Music announced that the Global Music Education League Violin Competition will take place in Beijing from Nov 3 to Nov 13, with …

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Muzigal Launches State-of-the-art Music Academy in Manikonda, Hyderabad
1 year, 5 months ago

Muzigal Launches State-of-the-art Music Academy in Manikonda, Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Muzigal, India’s largest Music Education Platform, launched its 6th state-of-the-art music academy in Hyderabad. Muzigal’s state-of-the-art academy is setting a gold standard in music education by providing a 360-degree framework in the music learning and teaching eco-system with online, offline and music instruments’ shop-front integrated into one platform. Speaking at the launch of Muzigal’s Manikonda Academy, Muzigal’s Founder Dr. Lakshminarayana …

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Music education is declining among primary school teachers, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Music education is declining among primary school teachers, report says

ABC  

A new report, Fading Notes, published by music education initiative "Right From The Start" found that music education training for generalist primary school teachers has fallen from an average of 17 hours in 2009 to eight by the end of 2022. It claims there is a critical gap in music education training, with thousands of new teachers feeling under-prepared to …

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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on the meaning of God, the band’s worst album and the vice he misses most
1 year, 5 months ago

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on the meaning of God, the band’s worst album and the vice he misses most

LA Times  

“Hey, come see my baby boy!” Flea says excitedly, holding up his iPhone as he stands next to his motorcycle in the parking lot of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Last year the Chili Peppers released two new studio albums, “Unlimited Love” and “Return of the Dream Canteen” — the veteran L.A. band’s first in over a decade with guitarist …

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Without music education, children may be missing a vital key in language learning
1 year, 6 months ago

Without music education, children may be missing a vital key in language learning

ABC  

Primary schools all over Australia are beginning to look more closely at their music education programs. Processing speech sounds is the first step in language learning, and a baby's brain is using its music processing network to distinguish those speech sounds at, and even before, birth. After the music processing network gets going, the language processing network jumps on board …

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Which musical instrument should your child learn?
1 year, 7 months ago

Which musical instrument should your child learn?

ABC  

As parents grapple with making the right or best educational decisions for their children, the questions about learning a musical instrument will often come up. A very common question I get asked is: which instrument is the best one to learn for my child's cognitive development? This is because choosing the "right" musical instrument isn't so much about how the …

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Endorsement: Yes on Proposition 28. All kids deserve quality arts and music education
2 years, 3 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Proposition 28. All kids deserve quality arts and music education

LA Times  

California law already requires public schools to offer all K-12 students instruction in visual and performing arts, but in reality many don’t have access to consistent and high-quality arts and music education. Voters can take a meaningful step to help millions of California children by voting yes on Proposition 28 on the Nov. 8 ballot, which will guarantee an ongoing …

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Music education helps improve children's ability to learn
2 years, 5 months ago

Music education helps improve children's ability to learn

ABC  

What if a large number of scientific studies found there was one activity that could improve our cognitive function, help our memory systems work effectively, help us learn language, help us moderate our emotional states, help us solve complex problems and help our brains be healthier into later life? I am a music educator who has become fascinated by the …

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Ministers trumpet fresh education plan with £25m for new instruments
2 years, 5 months ago

Ministers trumpet fresh education plan with £25m for new instruments

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Funding for music hubs worth £79 million per year will also be guaranteed until …

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Singers pitch in as Tibet celebrates
3 years, 1 month ago

Singers pitch in as Tibet celebrates

China Daily  

Region strikes harmonious note to mark 70th anniversary of liberation. At the end of July, two young students from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Xie Mingtong and Wang Ziyun, traveled to Shigatse to give vocal training to the child chorus members. On Oct 15, this dream also came true when Karsang Sadrin and other members of the chorus …

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Singers pitch in as Tibet celebrates
3 years, 1 month ago

Singers pitch in as Tibet celebrates

China Daily  

Region strikes harmonious note to mark 70th anniversary of liberation. At the end of July, two young students from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Xie Mingtong and Wang Ziyun, traveled to Shigatse to give vocal training to the child chorus members. On Oct 15, this dream also came true when Karsang Sadrin and other members of the chorus …

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Lenny Kravitz interview: My path was laid out with so many amazing artists who gave me my education
3 years, 7 months ago

Lenny Kravitz interview: My path was laid out with so many amazing artists who gave me my education

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It made me want to do what it is …

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Learning music really does make students smarter, new study shows
3 years, 11 months ago

Learning music really does make students smarter, new study shows

ABC  

A music educator set out to bust the myth that music makes kids smarter but was stunned by his own findings. Martin J. Bergee from the University of Kansas studied 1000 middle-school aged students to see if there was any link between music education and increased performance in other disciplines like maths and reading. Bergee believed that if he corrected …

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