About Our Studio
Welcome to the Music Education Studio
The primary purpose of piano lessons is to develop the musical talent of each student to the best of their ability. This is done through an integrated program of music study, note reading, rhythm, technique, ensemble playing, composition, repertoire and music literature. The Music Education Studio provides an environment where learning is fun, yet challenging! Excellence, creativity, sharing and self-esteem are stressed and valued to enable a student to pursue a lifelong enjoyment of music.
The Music Education Studio features a whole new world of music education. In addition to a PRIVATE PIANO LESSON on the finest quality Shigeru Kawaii Grand Piano, a general midi enhanced YAMAHA DIGITAL PIANO LAB provides the opportunity for ensemble playing in a keyboard orchestra, incorporating anywhere from two to thirteen pianos. The Music Education Studio also offers the latest music software for theory enhancement, composition and arranging, an extensive listening library and video centers, music games and incentives.
Why Music Lessons?
There are more reasons, besides the obvious, to involve a student in music lessons. Music is a remarkable force that can motivate a student in many different academic, psychological and social directions. A student needs to do more than just passive listening to music. By studying a musical instrument, one will be involved in the process of music making. The process is just as important as the outcome.
Music has the power to stimulate the imagination, improve listening and language skills, instill cooperative behavior, increase self-esteem, and enhance the memory. Music can promote clear abstract thinking and can create, on a subconscious level, a strong sense of physical and psychological well-being. A student does not necessarily have to be super talented in music to reap all of the benefits that a musical education has to offer.
Learning to play keyboard or string instruments before adolescence affects the way musicians' brains are "wired", according to several new studies. In a recent study, preschoolers showed a 46 percent boost in their spatial IQ after eight months of keyboard instruction. "Music lessons appear to strengthen the links between brain neurons and build new neural bridges needed for a kind of intelligence necessary for high-level math and science", says psychologist Frances Rauscher of University of California, Irvine.
"Music instruction can improve a child's spatial intelligence for long periods of time -- perhaps permanently," Rauscher told the American Psychological Association. (Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gornon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine)
Also, students with coursework/experience in music performance scored 51 points higher on the verbal portion of the SAT and 39 points higher on the math portion of the SAT than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.
There is also a direct correlation between improved SAT scores and the length of time spent studying the arts. Those who studied music four or more years scored 59 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math portions of the SAT then students with no coursework or experience in the arts. (Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, compiled by Music Educators National Converence (MENC), 1995.
Contact the Music Education Studio for additional information or free visit:
Karen Bartlett, Studio Teacher/Director
Phone: 303-422-4304
Cell phone: 303-717-7780
Email: dbart522@gmail.com
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