Music Monday, honouring Canadian music education, set for next week
Mark your calendars for next Monday, May 5: Forget about Cinco de Mayo, it’s Music Monday in Canada. More than 150,000 people will gather in more than 600 locations across
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Ongoing History Daily: The importance of music education
Music education is more than about learning to play an instrument, understanding music theory, and learning to read music. It also helps with critical thinking, mathematical abilities, and eye-hand coordination.
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MusiCounts donated over $800,000 in musical instruments to Canadian schools in 2023
[From Elisa F.G. – AC] Unless you are the ambidextrous musical genius that is Walk Off The Earth, eight people can not share a guitar, Three kids to one ukulele
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Get ready for Music Monday in support of music education
For 30 years now, the Coalition for Music Education in Canada has made a very simple request of students, parents, teachers and schools across the country: Let’s sing together! Music
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There’s a JUNO week auction that’s offering some pretty cool stuff
MusiCounts is the music education arm of CARAS, the people who stage the JUNO Awards every year. Leading up to this year’s events in Edmonton, MusiCounts’ Band Aid Program is
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It’s never too early to teach kids about music, even babies
I’ll fight anyone who won’t admit that music education–any arts education, in fact–is necessary for human development and well-being. And it’s never too early to introduce kids to music. There’s
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The importance of, and lack of funding for, music education
In the past 12 years, there’s been a ton of research into the benefits of music education and all it helps provide students. So why isn’t a bigger deal made
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Do young musicians really have an advantage in life?
We’ve all heard that playing classical music for babies and young children helps their brain develop faster. But a new study found that kids who start playing instruments at a
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Start the New Year by supporting MusiCounts and music education
Organizations that help bring music into the lives of young students deserve all the help and support they can get, and MusiCounts is at or near the top of that
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MusiCounts donates money, instruments to 90 schools across Canada
Every year, there are kids across Canada who want to take lessons and learn how to play instruments while their schools face steep and uncaring budget cuts. Every year, MusiCounts
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Congrats, Mrs. Hastings! MusicCounts Names Teacher of the Year
Kim Hastings, a teacher in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is this year’s MusiCounts Teacher of the Year. “She has worked tirelessly to make the music program at Pioneer Middle School
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