In the News

At this charter school, music is the primary tool for teaching, by Don Aucoin in Boston Globe, 30 May 2007.

"Ten-year-old Isaiah Simmons of Roxbury is the picture of concentration as he carefully makes his way through a solo violin version of the venerable folk song "Old Joe Clark."

Playing Music Can Be Good For Your Brain, by Carrie Sturrock in San Fransisco Chronicle, 17 November 2005.

"Stanford University research has found for the first time that musical training improves how the brain processes the spoken word, a finding that researchers say could lead to improving the reading ability of children who have dyslexia and other reading problems."

Musical Training Helps Language Processing, Studies Show, by Lisa Trei in Stanford Report, 15 November 2005.

"In what will be music to the ears of arts advocates, researchers for the first time have shown that mastering a musical instrument improves the way the human brain processes parts of spoken language. The findings could bolster efforts to make music as much a part of elementary school education as reading and mathematics."