Rhonda Hotop, dance musician
and violin/viola teacher in
Poynton, Cheshire

Interesting Articles

A variety of articles relating to violin, viola, musical training, Suzuki method, traditional music, orchestras etc

  • Yet More Science Backs Musical Education as a Path to Better Brains

    Society ditches music education as its own peril. This is the subtext of a study released yesterday connecting increased activity in the regions of the brain connected to executive functioning, according to functional MRI scans, and the presence of early-childhood musical training. Simply: Learning music at a young age would seem to result in smarter individuals, an effect that persists well beyond childhood, according to the study.

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  • VIDEO: Musical training improves the brain

    Playing a musical instrument rewires your brain and makes you smarter.