Teachers Tips

 
 
 
For tips on practicing at home, go to the 'Handouts' tab and download "how to practice at home" for advice and a practice chart.
 
For tips on renting or purchasing an instrument, go to the 'Handouts' tab and download "Characterisitics of a good string instrument"
 
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Music students out-perform non-music students on achievement tests in reading and math.  Skills such as reading, anticipating memory, listening, forecasting, recall and concentration are developed in musical performance, and these skills are valuable to students in math, reading and science.
-B Friedman, "An Evaluation of the Achievement in Reading and Arithmetic of Pupils in Elementary School Instrumental Music Classes, " Dissertation Abstracts International.