Music education

Adult Piano Lessons: Never too late to learn?

They say that youth is wasted on the young, but it’s nothing compared to piano lessons.

BBC

India: A tree called music

Adhering to “honestly teaching music and passing down sanskars”, the soft spoken artist in an interaction with The Hindu shares his views on Gandharva, teaching music and fusion.

The Hindu

How does music fuel your brain, not just your ears?

There is a fascinating new research study going on at the National Institutes of Health regarding brain maturation and playing a musical instrument.

Lancaster Online

Lang Lang: 'It's about the joy that music can give'

The beginner pianist,” says Lang Lang, himself one of the starriest of the species, “is like a startup company. Who can say what will one day become a Google?’

The Guardian

European Forum on Music Education

When considering music education as the key to musically thriving societies, it becomes ever more obvious why various new collaboration models in the culture sector are becoming more and more popular. The European Forum on Music Education shed light on how educational concepts relate to all areas of musical life and what this implies for music professionals, audiences and political decision-makers.

Access the presentations here

Beyond the Classroom: If Shakespeare lives, why not Beethoven?

In some schools, the music rooms are silent. There are no choral groups. The situation of music education in the public school systems is in really bad shape — not just in America, but all over the world.

Miami Herald

Zimbabwe revives ancient musical traditions

Zimbabwe’s government has introduced into lessons on playing traditional instruments into the school curriculum.

Al Jazeera

Radio France engagée pour les jeunes !

En 2015, 55 000 jeunes sont venus découvrir les lieux, la musique classique, ou les antennes, par le biais d’une visite, d’un concert ou d’une répétition, d’un atelier, d’une émission de radio ou encore de rencontres avec des professionnels.

Radio France

How can arts education help build equity in the arts?

Oscar season is upon us and rather than debating who will win Best Picture or Best Actor/Actress, the debate has been how “white” the Oscars are. #oscarssowhite went viral and African American actors began to boycott.

Arts Blog


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