The cognitive structures developed through music instruction “exposed and illuminated more general organizing structures relevant for multiple disciplines.
Today’s Staff Spotlight is with Mike Weimer. Mike has been with Paige’s Music for 7 years now and is one of our District Mangers who visits schools weekly to support the students and teachers of those programs. Mike has a deep music education background and initially wanted to be a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Please take a few minutes to learn more about Mike and his path to Paige’s Music.
An analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 demonstrated a significant correlation between participation in school music groups and achievement in math and English.
“A broad education in the arts helps give children a better understanding of their world…We need students who are culturally literate as well as math and science literate.”
Today’s blog refers back to a previous blog about cold weather tips for string instruments from December of 2014. Walking through the shop one day last week I noticed all these instruments in clamps due to loose seams and/or cracks. Mostly caused by the bad cold weather spell we had recently. So as a reminder here is a repeat of that blog and some pictures of cause and effect.
Winter is here with its cold temps, snow, and low humidity. This scares the bejabbers out of any self-respecting stringed instrument. Can’t you just see or hear wood shrinking, pegs loosening, cracks splitting a top rib in two … These are sights and sounds that one might think would bring a smile to a repairman’s face. Winter time does create special problems for the violin family instruments, but good common sense care will reduce the number of unnecessary repairs.
Children from “arts-rich” public schools score higher on expression, risk-taking, creativity-imagination, cooperative learning, and academic self-concept than children in “arts-poor” systems.
“An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul. That arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic.”
As contest season comes to a close we feel it is the perfect time to reward your student for his or her hard work by upgrading to a higher level instrument. If you’ve been looking for a good reason to exchange your beginner instrument for a more advanced instrument, Saturday, February 24, 2018 may be the perfect time to do just that!
On Saturday, February 24th Paige’s Music is presenting an exclusive offer to those who have competed in solo and ensemble contest earlier in the day. If your student brings his or her contest medal into our store we will take one month off of a new rent-to-own agreement or 7% off an outright purchase of an intermediate or professional level instrument.
We have a variety of step-up instruments available for rental. If you have any questions about upgrade options, please call or email us and we can explain our Premier step-up rental program.
Offer valid in store only. Offer only applies to in stock inventory.