Page Music Voice Student performs at Fenway!

Congratulations to Meghan B. on singing the national anthem at historic Fenway Park! Meghan is a voice student at Page Music Lessons, working with voice instructor Meghan Zuver. Her performance was in front of a packed house on a Saturday night, and it was a Sox/Yanks game no less! Awesome job!

Your Brain Has a Music Room

More evidence that music rules! Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have devised a radical new approach to brain imaging that reveals what past studies had missed. By mathematically analyzing scans of the auditory cortex and grouping clusters of brain cells with similar activation patterns, scientists have identified neural pathways that react almost exclusively to the sound of music — any …

New Year’s Resolution: Do What You Love

We love music. So for the staff and instructors here at Page Music Lessons, it makes complete sense to incorporate more music – and music education – into our new year’s resolutions. But here’s an interesting take from a Chicago Tribune writer, and piano hobbyist, about adding piano lessons to her life in the new year. Happy New Year!

If you hadn’t stopped

“Have you ever looked back on your life and wondered what would have happened if you hadn’t stopped? Piano lessons, a foreign language, studying a certain subject, a distant love, anything?” – Steve Chandler, from Time Warrior Stop looking back… and get started!

Children involved in the arts are more likely to be inventors and CEOs

Those piano lessons might not turn your kid into the next Rachmaninov, but they are still likely to pay off later in life. New research from Michigan State University shows that children who participated in arts and crafts activities as children were more likely to generate patents and businesses when they grew up. The study, published in the latest Economic …

Are All Music Studios The Same?

Here is why Page Music Lessons is the right choice. We feature all of the following: – University trained teachers – Students are able to choose from pop/rock, jazz, blues or classical styles of instruction – Choice of more than 1 teacher for each instrument to fit your or your child’s personality and learning style – Instruction available for ages …

Is Music The Key To Success?

CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard. Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success …

Summer Tunes

I love summer. Even the music sounds better. It’s a great time to spend a little extra time with your instrument, as hopefully your work hours or your school work have slowed down a little. So grab your guitar (or other instrument of choice), head to the back porch and shed a little. But of course summer is also a …