Music & your Brain
How playing an Instrument benefits your child's brain development: Dr. Anita Collins
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins
Music & the Brain: Bobby McFerrin
(I dare you to participate with Bobby & his audience - see what happens!)
Music Education & the Brain Dr. Anita Collins
The benefits of music education has been researched for decades. Most recently neuroscientists have been excited about the significant differences they have seen between the brain functions of musicians, when compared with non-musicians. It has become clear that music education before the age of 7 has the greatest benefits to brain development. Furthermore it has been found that it only takes, at the very lest, an hour a week of structured, formal music education to make permanent and positive changes to the brain functions of every child. This film has been made for music educators, parents, principals and policy makers to help get across the importance of music education in every child's education.
The Music Instinct: Science & Song by Elena Mannes - Intro. clip
A short clip of The Music Instinct: Science & Song from PBS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re4WQgOxCuA
"Why Music Matters" (audio only-no video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw4vqll9cAM&feature=player_embedded
Is studying Music in school or playing an instrument in Band/Orchestra worth it or necessary?
The Value of Music Education: a TED Talk with Richard Gill
{If the Closed Captioning is annoying, just click the "CC" button at the bottom of the screen.}