Turning Up the Volume on ADHD Management: How Music Hits the Right Notes
For those living with ADHD, finding focus and calm in the daily whirlwind can often feel like searching for a quiet corner in a rock concert. Enter music — not just as the background soundtrack of our lives but as a potential game-changer in the management of ADHD. Contrary to the stereotype of music as […]
How to Make Music Theory Exciting for Kids
Welcome back, parents! In our last chat, we touched on the myriad benefits of music theory for children. But let’s be real: Mention music theory classes, and you’re often met with groans and eye rolls from the younger crowd. To them, “theory” sounds like another snooze-worthy subject, filled with homework and eating into precious YouTube […]
Music lessons builds kids’ brain power, study says
Roger Highfield | Daily Telegraph LONDON – Young children who take music lessons show more advanced brain development and improved memory than those who do not, according to a study published Wednesday. Researchers claim to have found the first evidence of musical training being linked to greater attention skills. After a year, musically trained children performed better […]
Congratulations to Our 2019-2020 Kelly Kirby Scholarship Winners for the Royal Conservatory Exam Series
We would like to congratulate all the students below (in red) for winning a Kelly Kirby Scholarship! We also want to congratulate all other students for the great marks they have achieved. Wonderful job everyone!
Congratulations to Our 2018 Kelly Kirby Scholarship Winners for the 2017 Royal Conservatory Exam Series
We would like to congratulate all the students below (in red) for winning a Kelly Kirby Scholarship! We also want to congratulate all other students for the great marks they have achieved. Wonderful job everyone!
Congratulations to Our 2017 Kelly Kirby Scholarship Winners for the 2016 Royal Conservatory Exam Series
We would like to congratulate all the students below (in red) for winning a Kelly Kirby Scholarship! We also want to congratulate all other students for the great marks they have achieved. Wonderful job everyone!
Congratulations to Our 2016 Kelly Kirby Scholarship Winners for the 2015 Royal Conservatory Exam Series
We would like to congratulate all the students below (in red) for winning a Kelly Kirby Scholarship! We also want to congratulate all other students for the great marks they have achieved. Wonderful job everyone!
Congratulations to our 2015 Kelly Kirby Scholarships
Congratulations to our 2015 Kelly Kirby Scholarship Winners for the 2014 Royal Conservatory Exam series.
Music to Parents’ Ears
Suzanne Boynton | New York Times | Special Features Want to help your child succeed in school? Start now, while she’s young, by getting her into the school band or orchestra. Or the chorus. Or give her piano lessons. The U.S. College Board, which administers the SAT test used by most U.S. universities to determine […]
How Important is Music to a Child’s Development?
Adventus STUDYING THE LINKOver two decades ago researchers in the US began studying the link between learning ‘to read music and play the piano’, and ability in Math and Science. This led to a ten year UCLA study comparing results for young students taking music versus students taking computer classes. Students learning to read music […]
