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Tag: Formal music education

Formal string instrument training enhances the cognitive development of primary school children

January 11, 2021 anitanee

Researchers from the University of Geneva and Université de Lausanne in Switzerland have found that formal, intensive, musical instrument training in a group setting in primary schools can enhance their cognitive development.

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Music students score higher in maths, science, and English than non-music student peers

July 1, 2019 anitanee

Research by the University of British Colombia, Canada, shows that high school students who take music courses score significantly higher in other subjects than their non-musical peers.

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‘Music education is now only for the white and the wealthy’

March 30, 2017 anitanee

Charlotte C Gill’s opinion piece in The Guardian says schools in England need to stop teaching music in such an academic way.

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