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Young pianist born with just four fingers performs for Steve Harvey! 🎹🤗

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A little entertainment for your snow day inside… Sol “Violinsky” Ginsberg was a Russian Jewish immigrant who was famous for playing the violin and piano at the same time. Ginsberg was a vaudeville performer, composer, and entertainer who played with the New York Symphony Orchestra. This 1929 short was called The Eccentric Entertainer. Ginsberg was also known for co-writing songs like “I’m Daffy Over You” with Chico Marx, featured in the Marx Brothers’ film Animal Crackers. ( Credit: @neglectedbooks )

MIT Says Music — Not Coding — Might Be the Key to Raising Smarter Kids 🎻🧠

Debating whether to enroll your child in **piano lessons or coding camp**? New MIT research might surprise you.

The study found that **learning to code** mainly activates **general-purpose brain areas** tied to logic and problem-solving — useful, yes, but limited.

**Music**, on the other hand, lights up the brain in more profound ways. Playing an instrument from a young age strengthens brain **regions tied to language, memory, and executive function** — and here’s the kicker: those benefits **last a lifetime**, even if the child stops playing later on.

While coding builds skills for today’s jobs, **music may shape a more flexible, resilient, and intelligent brain** for life.

🎹 Bottom line? **Music isn’t just an art — it’s brain food.**

Look , who is back to his classical piano lessons! Griffith Frank, a singer, composer, songwriter and a renaissance man all around, decided to revisit his old stomping grounds 20 years since his last piano adventures.

Have you ever seen a conductor like this? 🤯 📸: @modernmuse71 Barbara Hannigan as singing conductor in Gershwin’s “Girl Crazy” Suite together with the Ludwig Orchestra at the Amsterdam @concertgebouw . . . . . . . . . . . . #conductor #musician #singer #music #orchestra #musical #gershwin #jazz #classical

🎹Can you relate? 🤣 Credit: 🎥 @zachar - #pianoteacher #pianopractice #pianolessons