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We hope you all had a great holiday season! Classes resume Monday, January 8th, 2024. Remember to bring your tuners, books and other practice needs to class!
Date: Sunday, February 25th Where: Ft. Garry United Church Address: 800 Point Rd Showtime: 3 pm Open to all ages and levels! Register online starting Jan 16th at grooveacademy.ca or speak with your instructor.
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Classes Resume Monday, Jan 8th, 2024 Closed Monday, February 19th Winnipeg Music Festival February 22 – March 19, 2024 – Various Venues Winter Recital Sunday, February 25th Ft. Garry United Church - 800 Point Rd. - 3pm All holiday and closure dates can be found on our website under Holidays and Closures
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We will be closed on Monday, February 19th, 2024 for Louis Riel Day.
Benefits of Music Studies
It is now widely accepted that there are direct correlations between musical study and verbal competency, motor and auditory skills, reasoning abilities and problem solving - essential abilities that children take into adulthood. Musical experience promotes brain development Findings in a 2009 study featured in the journal of Neuroscience showed for the first time that musical experience for as little as 15 months in early childhood leads to structural brain changes and results in improvements in motor and auditory skills (Hyde et al. 2009, Journal of Neuroscience 29(10):3019-3025). Music contributes to academic success Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital worked with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and found early musical training enhances the areas of the brain responsible for executive functioning. Children with at least two years of private lessons showed enhanced cognitive control, with aids in information retention and behavior regulation. "Musical training may actually help to set up children for a better academic future," said Senior Investigator Nadine Gaab, PhD, of the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience. (June 2014). Music training stimulates verbal competency A Stanford University study showed that mastering a musical instrument improves brain processing in areas associated with language development, and may have implications for improving language/reading skills (Gabrieli, John, http://news-service.stanford.edu, Nov. 2005).
Practicing a musical instrument provides auditory discrimination and fine motor skills A Harvard-based study found that children who receive instrument music training for three years or more outperform their control counterparts in areas such as fine motor skills and superior discrimination in melodic/tonal and rhythmic discrimination abilities. (Schlaug, G, Norton, A, Overy, K, Winner, E. 2005 Annals NY Acad of Sciences 1060). Music and character development In addition to cognitive skills, study in the arts develops character traits such as discipline, perseverance, teamwork, patience, self-control, problem solving, and empathy. This research has been compiled by Community School of the Arts (CSA) at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
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