Keep Music Alive is excited to announce the 12(th) Annual Teach Music Week happening Monday, March 16(th) through Sunday, March 22nd, 2026. This annual week-long celebration invites musicians, music ...

Families in Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church have just a few days left to take advantage of a special offer from Piano & ...

Wondering if your child is ready for music lessons? You’ll want to consider several factors before signing up and shelling out the cash. Have a child who’s taking lessons but wants to quit? We’ve got ...

On a recent evening in a second-floor room of the University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, Joshua Pongsitiphon tries out the final chords of a funeral march on a slightly out-of-tune piano.

Conjoint parent-child music lessons can be a recipe for success. Source: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that parents who play an instrument themselves often approach ...

Looking to start music lessons? It might not be as easy as do-re-mi. Googling “music lessons in Sacramento” spits out endless results, and that’s just the problem: With so many choices, how do you ...

Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. Many ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto ...

The Russian-born, American composer, Igor Stravinsky, was known to be critical of the American parent's attitude toward music lessons as a leisure activity or hobby. In many cultures outside of the ...

Playing a musical instrument as a child might have mental benefits later in life, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Psychology and Aging, found that musicians do marginally ...