Paige’s Music – Music Madness Sale – March 15-17, 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 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 15th through the 17th 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!

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Children Involved With Music Have Large Growth Of Neural Activity

Monday, March 5, 2018 No Comments

Research indicates the brain of a musician, even a young one, works differently than that of a nonmusician. “There’s some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training. When you’re a musician and you’re playing an instrument, you have to be using more of your brain.”

~ Dr. Eric Rasmussen, chair of the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory of The John Hopkins University, quoted in “The Benefits of Music Education,” pbs.org, Laura Lewis Brown.

Music Instruction Develops Cognitive Structures

Thursday, March 1, 2018 No Comments

The cognitive structures developed through music instruction “exposed and illuminated more general organizing structures relevant for multiple disciplines.

~ Portowitz,P., Lichtenstein, O., Egorova, L., & Brand, E. (2009). Underlying mechanisms linking music education and cognitive modifiability. Research Studies in Music Education, 31, 107–29

Mike Weimer – Staff Spotlight

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 1 Comment

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.

 

Participation In School Music Helps Achievement In Math and English

Monday, February 26, 2018 No Comments

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.

~ Broh, B. A. (2002). Linking extracurricular programming to academic achievement: Who benefits and why? Sociology of Education, 75(1), 69-95

Art Gives Students Better Understanding Of Their World

Thursday, February 22, 2018 No Comments

“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.”

~ Paul Ostergard, Vice President, Citicorp

Cold Weather Tips For Your String Instrument

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 No Comments

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.

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Students From Arts-Rich Public Schools Score Higher

Monday, February 19, 2018 No Comments

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.

~ “Learning In and Through the Arts: The Question of Transfer,” Judith M. Burton, Robert Horowitz, and Hal Abeles, Studies in Art Education, 2000, 41(3): 228-257