by Aaron Hansen | May 15, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development finds that the arts provide critical links for students to develop crucial thinking skills and motivations they need to achieve at higher levels. From reading and language development to fundamental...
by Aaron Hansen | May 1, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning indicates that music study improved students’ success in math. Learn about how solid research proves that arts education has far-reaching benefits, both in and out of school, in this tip sheet, Telling the...
by Aaron Hansen | Apr 23, 2015 | Kids & Movement, Music Advocacy, Music Education, Music, Books, & Resources
Author: Sanna Longden Many of you have heard me say that, even though I am a dance educator, I really teach (here come all my “C’s”) civility, cooperation, community, creativity, consideration, communication, cultures, and character development. Recently, a new set of...
by Aaron Hansen | Apr 16, 2015 | Music Advocacy, Music Therapy
Author: Megan Reuther DES MOINES, Iowa – Music can provide comfort to patients at a time they may need it most. It’s one of a few therapies that can help people when they enter end of life care, and five sisters started an event to help provide the service. For 30...
by Aaron Hansen | Apr 15, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
A majority of those outside the fields of music and the arts do not understand the whys or the hows concerning the process of arts education. Provided with a clear understanding of those methods and justifications, and supported by quality arts education in practice,...
by Aaron Hansen | Apr 13, 2015 | Company Culture, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Author: Catherina Hurlburt RESTON, VA. (April 7, 2015) – For the first time in education history, music has been recognized as a core subject in draft federal education policy. This is an unprecedented enumeration in proposed federal legislation. Early this year,...
