Participation In The Arts Improves Concentration And Focus

Monday, March 14, 2016 No Comments
“The ability to focus is a key skill developed through ensemble work. Keeping a balance between listening and contributing involves a great deal of concentration and focus. It requires each participant to not only think about their role, but how their role contributes to the big picture of what is being created. Recent research has shown that participation in the arts improves children’s abilities to concentrate and focus in other aspects of their lives.”
~ Lisa Phillips, “The artistic edge: 7 skills children need to succeed in an increasingly right brain world,” ARTSblog, Americans for the Arts, 2013.

Music Teaches Perseverance

Friday, March 11, 2016 No Comments
“When a child picks up a violin for the first time, she/he knows that playing Bach right away is not an option; however, when that child practices, learns the skills and techniques and doesn’t give up, that Bach concerto is that much closer. In an increasingly competitive world, where people are being asked to continually develop new skills, perseverance is essential to achieving success.”
~ Lisa Phillips, “The artistic edge: 7 skills children need to succeed in an increasingly right brain world,” ARTSblog, Americans for the Arts, 2013.

Music Helps Kids Practice Creative Thinking

Thursday, March 10, 2016 No Comments
“Being able to think on your feet, approach tasks from different perspectives and think ‘outside of the box’ will distinguish your child from others. In an arts program, your child will be asked to recite a monologue in 6 different ways, create a painting that represents a memory, or compose a new rhythm to enhance a piece of music. If children have practice thinking creatively, it will come naturally to them now and in their future career.”
~ Lisa Phillips, “The artistic edge: 7 skills children need to succeed in an increasingly right brain world,” ARTSblog, Americans for the Arts, 2013.

Paige’s Music – Music Madness Sale – March 17-19, 2016

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 No Comments

 

Shoot and Save

For the past few years we’ve held an event that not only saves you money on great instruments and supplies, but it’s also a lot of fun! We call it our Music Madness Sale and it happens in coordination with the college basketball tournament that begins about this same time.

From March 17th through the 19th you’ll be able to come in to the store for some great savings. You’ll receive a scratch-off game “ticket”. Scratch off your ticket to reveal your discount. Then, if you’d like, shoot a basketball to possibly double your savings! Each family gets a warm-up shot, and then you let the real thing fly. The savings range from 5% – 20% off of our already low prices. If you’re in the market for an instrument, now’s the time to come in to scratch, shoot and save!

Two great ways to save!

Shoot for extra savings or take advantage of our 12 Months Same-As-Cash offer.

12 Months Same-As-Cash
Rather have financing options instead of a discount? During the sale you can chose to finance your purchase for 12 months with No Interest. Just one more reason to stop in and see us during our Music Madness Sale March 17th through the 19th!

*Rules of the Game:

  1. Scratch off game “ticket” will reveal your discount.
  2. Shoot for your additional discount: Guaranteed 5%. Or, take a shot for to possibly double your ticket discount!
  3. One shot per family. One instrument per family.
  4. Good towards any in-stock purchases made in the store only from 03/17/16 to 03/19/16.
  5. Not applicable towards existing account balances, layaways, or repairs.
  6. Not valid with any other offer.

**Offers cannot be combined. Some restrictions apply. Good on purchases $399 and up. See store for details.

Blooper Video

If you’re the kind that likes to see what scences didn’t make our video above, then you might get a giggle out of this short clip.

 

Music Majors Excel At Logic And Non-Linear Thinking In Careers

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 No Comments
“A kid with a music degree isn’t limited to a performance or teaching career. Musicians are everywhere. We are project managers, marketers, Finance folks, IT people and engineers. In my twenty-some years as a corporate HR person, I was always impressed by the way musical people excelled at logic and non-linear thinking, both.”
~ Liz Ryan, “Let the kids study music, already!” Forbes, September 3, 2014.

Music Helps People With Epilepsy

Monday, March 7, 2016 No Comments
Researchers from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center looked at how different types of music and silence were processed in the brains of 21 people with epilepsy. Whether listening to classical music or jazz, all of the participants had much higher levels of brain wave activity when listening to music, the study found. Brain wave activity in the epilepsy patients tended to synchronize more with the music, especially in the temporal lobe, the researchers said.
~ Robert Preidt, HealthDay, August 10, 2015

Music Helps Combat Veterans

Friday, March 4, 2016 No Comments
“You have to understand what it means for a combat veteran to be agitated in the waiting room. Their pupils are dilated. They are angry or waiting for something to happen. But when we have live music that day, they come to me far more relaxed. It’s like an amazing miracle, and I don’t say that lightly.”
~ Dr. Hani Khouzam, quoted in, “Live music at Fresno’s VA Hospital makes a big difference,” by Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2013.

Many Successful People Play Instruments

Thursday, March 3, 2016 No Comments
“Look carefully and you’ll find musicians at the top of almost any industry. Woody Allen performs weekly with a jazz band. The television broadcaster Paula Zahn (cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on music scholarships; NBC’s Andrea Mitchell trained to become a professional violinist. Both Microsoft’s Mr. Allen and the venture capitalist Roger McNamee have rock bands. Larry Page, a co-founder of Google, played saxophone in high school. Steven Spielberg is a clarinetist and son of a pianist. The former World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn has played cello at Carnegie Hall.”
~ Joanne Lipman, “Is Music the Key to Success?” The New York Times, October 13, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?_r=0