I decided to post the results of PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS for the last few years.
First of all, all the students who played and were adjudicated worked very hard and should be very proud of themselves!
At performance evaluations students from all over the region (from as far North as the point of the Mountain to Fillmore Utah) are adjudicated by a qualified judge. And just a few out of the many that play are chosen to play at the State Convention Honor's Recital.
In 2012 MELANIE BRUNSDALE and JET QI were chosen as an honors nominee.
This year 2011, my students, SADIE BOYCE and JINTAI AHN were both chosen as honor's nominees.
In 2010 my student ASPEN BOYCE was chosen as an honor's nominee
In 2008 my student SUZANNE FLUKIGER was chosen as an honors nominee.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Music can keep your brain sharp into old age!
LAWRENCE, Kan., April 20 (UPI) -- Music lessons in childhood may keep people's brains sharper as they age even if they don't keep up with playing an instrument, U.S. researchers say.
"Musical activity throughout life may serve as a challenging cognitive exercise, making your brain fitter and more capable of accommodating the challenges of aging," said lead researcher Brenda Hanna-Pladdy of the University of Kansas. "Since studying an instrument requires years of practice and learning, it may create alternate connections in the brain that could compensate for cognitive declines as we get older."
While considerable research has been conducted on the cognitive benefits of musical activity in children, this is the first study to examine whether those benefits can extend across a lifetime, Hanna-Pladdy said.
In the study, 70 healthy adults age 60 to 83 were divided into groups based on their levels of musical experience.
The researchers found those with some musical instruction in their history performed better on several cognitive tests than individuals who had never studied an instrument or learned how to read music.
The research findings were published in the American Psychological Association's journal Neuropsychology.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/04/20/Music-can-keep-brain-sharp-into-old-age/UPI-21021303335129/#ixzz1VquNFPhc
"Musical activity throughout life may serve as a challenging cognitive exercise, making your brain fitter and more capable of accommodating the challenges of aging," said lead researcher Brenda Hanna-Pladdy of the University of Kansas. "Since studying an instrument requires years of practice and learning, it may create alternate connections in the brain that could compensate for cognitive declines as we get older."
While considerable research has been conducted on the cognitive benefits of musical activity in children, this is the first study to examine whether those benefits can extend across a lifetime, Hanna-Pladdy said.
In the study, 70 healthy adults age 60 to 83 were divided into groups based on their levels of musical experience.
The researchers found those with some musical instruction in their history performed better on several cognitive tests than individuals who had never studied an instrument or learned how to read music.
The research findings were published in the American Psychological Association's journal Neuropsychology.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/04/20/Music-can-keep-brain-sharp-into-old-age/UPI-21021303335129/#ixzz1VquNFPhc
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