BelCanto Studio

01/26/2017

If this doesn't inspire you to get your kids (and even yourselves, parents) into lessons, I don't know what will. All of this happens in your brain - and probably more. Want to help expand horizons AND get a good brain workout? Piano Lessons will do it!

Piano: the total brain workout (image: Encore Music Lessons)

05/20/2016

Music is a balm to the soul.

🎼 Musical Education & Personal Development 👍

Learn the many ways that music benefits your mind by checking out our fun animated infographic -> http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2016/04/26/music-benefits-your-mind-infographic/

05/16/2016

Music has so many benefits!

Students who study music are more likely to perform better in non-music subjects.

Learn the many ways that music benefits your mind by checking out our fun animated infographic -> http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2016/04/26/music-benefits-your-mind-infographic/

07/12/2015

Music Education is JUST as important as any subject being taught. We need the skills that a disciplined art form produces for careers OUTSIDE of music and for every day life. Think about helping your kids by teaching them to enjoy an art form. You won't regret it - and neither will they.

By Andrew Schwartz, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Tuba player Andrew Schwartz holds a bachelor’s of music from the University of Hartford. He did graduate work at The Manhattan School of Music and is working on an MBA at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business, where he is p...

11/05/2014

Music does so much...

A new multinational survey suggests listening to melancholy music has multiple rewards.

10/10/2014

We all know that Arts Education can make you more well-rounded, but here are 10 more reasons that Arts Education is important! See the whole list here --> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/22/top-10-skills-children-learn-from-the-arts

10/07/2014

A new study suggests that learning to play a musical instrument helps improve the brain's ability to process language. That means music lessons could give kids from low-income communities a big boost.

09/15/2014

08/08/2014

Parents - do you want your child to develop and learn and use the entirety of their brain? This is 4 minutes long and it has some break-through science you really should see... :)

Experts say playing a musical instrument is like giving your brain a full-body workout...