Lori McCarthy Piano Instruction

Lori McCarthy Piano Instruction Piano instruction in Chevy Chase, MD.

11/15/2025

A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.

Here's an idea for a New Year's Resolution: listen to more classical music!
12/29/2022

Here's an idea for a New Year's Resolution: listen to more classical music!

Our study and work sessions likely benefit from some tunes, though individual preferences may produce varying outcomes.

More evidence that music is good for you!
04/21/2022

More evidence that music is good for you!

Music is great for improving your quality of life, suggests a review that combines 26 studies on music.

Listening to music is beneficial. You can only imagine the benefits of playing it yourself!
02/03/2022

Listening to music is beneficial. You can only imagine the benefits of playing it yourself!

Our study and work sessions likely benefit from some tunes, though individual preferences may produce varying outcomes.

“Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain that we know about, and nearly every neural subsystem,”
11/18/2021

“Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain that we know about, and nearly every neural subsystem,”

“The brain is a funny thing,” guitarist Pat Martino told Nautilus in 2015. “It’s part of the vehicle, but it’s not part…

And you thought practicing with a metronome was just a nuisance....
11/02/2021

And you thought practicing with a metronome was just a nuisance....

Musical therapy can help to improve fine motor skills in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Evidence that weekly practicing is important for mastering pieces!
10/26/2021

Evidence that weekly practicing is important for mastering pieces!

The old adage that practice makes perfect may very well be true, according to neuroscientists. Researchers found when a male zebra finch is in the presence of an attractive female and delivers its rehearsed mating call, a noradrenaline release in the basal ganglia shuts down variability in song and....

Music is not only a source of enjoyment but can also be a key to how the brain works!
10/05/2021

Music is not only a source of enjoyment but can also be a key to how the brain works!

Study provides empirical evidence to show the brain's predictive ability forms the basis for musical phrasing.

Here's a reason to think about your pieces even when you are not at a piano! It's a great brain exercise.
08/03/2021

Here's a reason to think about your pieces even when you are not at a piano! It's a great brain exercise.

Imagined Music and Silence Trigger Similar Brain Activity Imagining a song triggers similar brain activity as moments of silence in music, according to a pair of studies recently published in JNeurosci. The results reveal how the brain continues responding to music, even when none is playing. Wh

Here's just a little something to make musicians smile.
04/06/2021

Here's just a little something to make musicians smile.

04/06/2021

Welcome back from spring break to all my students! Here's our musical thought for the day:

“Where words fail, music speaks.” ― Hans Christian Andersen

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