If your parenting goal is to raise a little Renaissance Person, you’ll need to make sure your child receives a well-rounded arts education, including learning how to play a musical instrument.

Explores the physics of sound production through string instruments. It explains how the length and tension of strings affect pitch, demonstrating how shorter strings produce higher sounds and longer ...

Parents and grandparents sometimes debate which musical instrument is the most painful in the hands of a beginner. Our nomination for first place is the violin, with drums coming in a distant second.

The thing I love about my beginners is they are so passionate.”With 45 beginning players in a period, band Director Andrew ...

In the fourth grade, a little girl enters the middle school band room. The shiny brass and the noise overwhelm her but leave ...

Presenters Sara Valentine and Michael Boudewyns add to the fun and interactivity, so kids are glued to the performance.

All children love to make a noise and playing instruments along to a song is a great way of experiencing and exploring dynamics -the volume of sound of a piece of music. Invite your child to play ...

Schools overlook skills like playing musical instruments or creating art. We should push children to learn at least one musical instrument in primary school so that they become well-rounded students.