Keep Music Alive is excited to announce the 12(th) Annual Teach Music Week happening Monday, March 16(th) through Sunday, March 22nd, 2026. This annual week-long celebration invites musicians, music ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto ...

Looking to start music lessons? It might not be as easy as do-re-mi. Googling “music lessons in Sacramento” spits out endless results, and that’s just the problem: With so many choices, how do you ...

Wondering if your child is ready for music lessons? You’ll want to consider several factors before signing up and shelling out the cash. Have a child who’s taking lessons but wants to quit? We’ve got ...

The Russian-born, American composer, Igor Stravinsky, was known to be critical of the American parent's attitude toward music lessons as a leisure activity or hobby. In many cultures outside of the ...

Duolingo is launching its new music course sometime this fall. The educational tech company first announced that it was gearing up to add music lessons to its repertoire back in September, promising ...

Conjoint parent-child music lessons can be a recipe for success. Source: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that parents who play an instrument themselves often approach ...

On a recent evening in a second-floor room of the University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, Joshua Pongsitiphon tries out the final chords of a funeral march on a slightly out-of-tune piano.

Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. Many ...

Schools are under constant pressure to make budget cuts, and music programs are often first on the chopping block. Now, an extensive study from the University of British Columbia in Canada shows that ...

Playing a musical instrument as a child might have mental benefits later in life, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Psychology and Aging, found that musicians do marginally ...