SPRING 2024
Music and the Brain
What’s Inside
- Discover How Music Impacts the Brain
- Explore How We Learn
- Play New Music by Chee-Hwa Tan
- Share Memorization Tips
Scroll for New Music, Activities, and Teacher Resources of the issue.
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All Issues
Summer 2025
Discover movie music, explore the movie score, play 2025 composition contest winning scores, and share 5 questions with a film composer.
Spring 2025
Discover how we hear, explore the history of recorded music, play new music by Kevin Olson, and share how to protecting our ears.
Winter 2025
Discover nature inspirations in music, explore pianos now and then, play new music by V. Jessica Sparvier-Wells, and more in the Winter 2025 issue!
Autumn 2024
Discover the art of improvisation, explore masters of improvisation, play your own music with improvisation, and share how you like to improvise.
Summer 2024
Discover the connection between music and athletes from around the world! Our 2024 competition contest winners have been published here.
Winter 2024
Discover the music of Florence Price, host a Silent Film Festival, play new music by Artina McCain, share musical accomplishments from our readers, and more!
Autumn 2023
Discover the Music of Argentina, explore dances of Argentina, play an Argentine Folk Tune, share ideas on practicing, and more!
