McMath Middle School Choir

Congratulations to our Advanced Treble and Tenor Bass Choirs for receiving Sweepstakes at UIL Concert & Sight Reading Assessment this week! Congratulations to our Intermediate Treble Choir for receiving Excellent ratings in Concert!

Our Beginning Treble and Tenor Bass choirs received SUPERIOR ratings at the Epic Music Festival today! They were fantastic and had a chance to splash too!

14 hours left of our fundraiser and only $915 short of our goal! You may use the link below to support our program.

Singers...reach out one more time to any family and friends that might be interested in supporting you!

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Happy 1st Day of School!

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🎉 Congratulations to the McMath Middle School Intermediate Treble, Tenor Bass, and Advanced Treble Choirs for their incredible achievement at the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Evaluation on March 5 and 6! 🏆👏 All three choirs earned Sweepstakes Awards, a testament to their hard work, dedication, and talent! 🌟

The UIL Concert and Sight Reading Evaluation is a prestigious competition where choirs perform prepared pieces and sight-read new music in front of judges. The Sweepstakes Award is the highest honor, earned by choirs who score superior ratings in both performance and sight-reading categories.

We’re so proud of these talented students for this outstanding accomplishment! 🎶💙

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📚🎵 BRAIN SCIENCE: WHY MUSIC MAKES BETTER READERS 🎵📚

Did you know that learning to read and playing music share neurological highways in the brain?

New research reveals why musical kids often become stronger readers—they’re literally creating neural networks in the same areas of their brain that they often use for reading.
When children engage with music, they’re:

• Training their brains to distinguish between similar sounds (crucial for phonics!)

• Strengthening working memory (essential for comprehension!)

• Building rhythm perception (key for reading fluency!)

• Developing sustained attention (needed for longer texts!)

The science is clear: just 30 minutes of active music engagement 2-3 times weekly creates measurable changes in the reading brain. And the benefits are even stronger for kids with reading challenges, especially dyslexia.

So when your child is drumming, singing, or playing an instrument, they’re not just making music—they’re building their reading brain!