Eastside Piano Studio

Great article to think about when making kids (or yourself) practice piano (or anything for that matter!)

Piano Practice: Capacity vs Discipline **This article applies the work of Dr. Raquel Martin, PhD to developing a piano practice routine. It’s the beginning of the school year and almost all of

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"Recent research carried out by MIT and published in the Journal of Neuroscience is now showing how powerful music can be on a child’s brain development.

According to the authors of the study, learning music during our early life makes the brain more connected, which in turn, makes their brains neurologically capable of many things, not just music.

What they found in their study was that musical brains produce more structural and functional connections when compared to those who don’t learn music.

Researchers had professional musicians and non-musicians go in for brain scans. Once the scans were taken, they were compared. What they found, was that the musicians all have “strikingly similar networks.’ They had far more structural and functional connections than non-musicians, especially in the areas that were connected to speech and sound.

Another factor that played a major role was how early the musicians had begun learning music. “The earlier the musicians had started with musical practice, the stronger these connectivities”.

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Practicing at age 3: "Go away mom!"

Piano Practice He does this all on his own! He knows where each of the 7 letters in the musical alphabet are located on the keys at age 2!

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On furlough until my 2 toddlers (who outgrew naps) stop being so needy 🤪

First recital

Our next recital is June 2nd. We have a great lineup and I'm happy that I convinced Boaz to play again. I'll perform 2 pieces I resurrected from my high school days and then, for the first time, I'm taking the whole summer OFF!!! 🌞🌊🍦

This story brings tears...

"Everyone, meet Kelly.

She was born and died March 31st 1995.

Her life was taken due to a test that said she would have Down Syndrome.

My mother was injected with a solution, that put her into labor.

Kelly was born, and as you can see, was born blood red.

She lived for 45 minutes while the solution slowly burned her insides.

The hands you see in the photo are my fathers. He held her until she finally passed away.

He had no say in this decision, he wanted his daughter, regardless of some test.

She would have been loved unconditionally, by a father and her sisters.

Now, I’ve spent 20 years asking why, why was she taken from me?

I’ll never forget sitting on the couch being told my sister was never coming home from the hospital.

Wondering in my little mind what went wrong, how did this happen, why would God kill an innocent human being?

It wasn’t until I caught my dad a few years later, in the middle of the night, working on a website about her, that I found out what the truth was and what an abortion was.

All I could think of was why would anyone want to hurt my sister in such a devastating way.

It took years before I spoke to my mother again.

It’s taken years to talk about it.

No one ever thinks of the effect abortion has on a family.

It was a final straw that led to my parents divorce.

It led to me not talking to my mother for over 15 years.

We still don’t talk about it, to this day.

Kelly will be 24 in March.

I’ll never get to hold her.

I’ll never get to see her.

I’ll never get to call her.

I’ll never be a big sister.

All of that experience was taken from me, by one very selfish decision.

Now, I dare one of you to tell me, she didn’t deserve to live.

I dare you to tell me, she deserved to die a slow and agonizing death.

I dare you, to tell me, that abortion doesn’t take a life." - Shelly

Mark your calendars! Our next recital is scheduled for January 27th, 4:00-5:00 p.m.