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Does music training make kids smarter? Psychologists rethink it

Parents have long treated piano recitals and violin lessons as a kind of academic insurance policy, a cultural bet that practicing scales today will mean higher test scores tomorrow. Psychologists are ...
PBS

Institute of Music for Children

The Institute of Music for Children empowers youth to explore the arts. The Institute of Music for Children in Elizabeth, New Jersey offers youth an opportunity to explore the performing arts, music ...
The New York Times

Where Children Can Feel Like Classical Music Is Just Normal

Performances in N.Y.C. In recent years, Tanglewood has become visibly more welcoming to its youngest audiences. Just ask this critic’s three kids. Credit... Supported by By David Allen Visuals by ...
NPR

Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune?

Logan Becker loves his song — it was written just for him. Logan has a rare connective tissue disorder, and in 2020, when he was 9, he received his personalized, upbeat anthem from the Songs of Love ...
The New York Times

The Folk Implosion’s Music From ‘Kids’ Is Returning. The Band Is, Too.

Lou Barlow and John Davis made tracks for the 1995 cultural flashpoint. They split after a 1999 LP, but reunited during the pandemic, and made plans to release more songs. By Jeremy Gordon By the ...