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Books, articles, links, downloadable documents:

e-book “Diálogos com o Som: Música de Câmara” (Dialogues with Sound: Chamber Music). The book is available at the website of the Registration Center (CeR) of the School of Music of the University of the State of Minas Gerais (ESMU/UEMG): https://www.centroderegistro.org/ (Articles in Portuguese and English)

“Signs, Games & Messages” by Roeland Jaegers

“Running an educational chamber music programme remotely” by Graham Oppenheimer

“Partnership in Music” by Jerzy Marchwinski

Music, the new social media

http://www.sfcv.org/article/is-music-the-new-social-media-empathy-entrainment

Simon Rattle: You must begin young

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/31/simon-rattle-interview-proms-learning-music-birthright

Oliver Sacks: Music and the brain

https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline/videos/10153077961042196/?fref=nf

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-oliver-sacks-and-music-on-ear-worms-hallucinations-and-sonic-overload-20150903-story.html

Music and the brain

https://artscanvas.org/music/why-music-has-such-profound-effects-on-the-brain?mc_cid=08111dd5d3&mc_eid=898ad4deca

Children’s brains, USC study

https://news.usc.edu/102681/childrens-brains-develop-faster-with-music-training/

La Musique est indispensable au cerveau

https://www.francemusique.fr/savoirs-pratiques/emmanuel-bigand-la-musique-a-une-importance-fondamentale-dans-l-evolution-de-l-humanite-88136?utm_source=newsletter_322&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Music and premature babies

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190527/Music-helps-to-develop-the-neural-networks-of-premature-infants.aspx?utm_source=newsletter_276&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Daniel Levitin’s This is Your Brain

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298964/this-is-your-brain-on-music-by-daniel-j-levitin/9780452288522/

and video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c7d5W0_NPA

Benefits of Music training for the brain

https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/the-benefits-of-playing-music-help-your-brain-more.html?fbclid=IwAR09dHUw6PrMfBGPfcYAKI-VO50tRO2oynxU_AQeboeqeqVWNF80p5MbbTQ

Music training and children’s learning (Habibi)

https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nyas.13606

https://musiceducationworks.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/music-lessons-improve-childrens-cognitive-skills-and-academic-performance/?fbclid=IwAR1bkY6eA-GNIwph4eVJbvLHfl3sHjS49Kp3pk00tvxU5ZgscftVxxywA6s

Music, Language and the Brain

http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195123753/

https://www.wired.com/story/tech-effects-how-does-music-affect-your-brain/?utm_source=newsletter_272&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Brain Activity on Music

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/09/10/343681493/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-music#utm_sguid=153216,b8480315-43b9-b057-a203-9fcde4a85c26

Learning an instrument and the brain

http://time.com/3634995/study-kids-engaged-music-class-for-benefits-northwestern/?xid=fbshare

Musikgarten

https://www.musikgarten.org/history.cfm

Benefits of Music Education

http://artshealthnetwork.ca/sites/default/files/rcm_musiceducationbenefits.pdf

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/22/unpacking-the-science-how-playing-music-changes-the-learning-brain/

More benefits of Music Education

https://mic.com/articles/108022/science-just-discovered-something-amazing-about-what-childhood-piano-lessons-did-to-you#.wgYqWGBef

and

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/07/music-lessons-spur-emotional-and-behavioral-growth-in-children-new-study-says/?tid=sm_fb

http://education.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/2974240/music-education-helps-improve-children-s-ability-to-learn?utm_source=newsletter_264&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

 

Still more benefits of music education (UK)

https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/music-scheme-improved-deprived-childrens-creativity-and-wellbeing?utm_source=Weekly-News&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nid-212400&utm_campaign=27th-September-2019

 

Benefits in Australia

https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=4629&fbclid=IwAR2hxExGHcQFGXSByj95NjqEztgu34R4nJ8-Arpn-LtpDI5yNEBtgUm5EO0

Music and High School Students

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2019/06/25/high-school-students-do-better-in-science-math-and-english-if-they-also-take-music-lessons/?fbclid=IwAR3ePXHCU-GOlzTRk8uZMHMDE8v9ItNfdkBs7pr5FapRwEMQIBQ-N6o-1Lg#497eba32fdad

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201906/music-participation-is-linked-teens-academic-achievement?fbclid=IwAR1ru91dnUn4omPWVv7-IoDWEftmm6eoRh1fRGSLUYvfLYEhAQlj_saLvqk

10 Reasons to major in music

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/06/04/ten-reasons-to-let-your-kid-major-in-music/?fbclid=IwAR2ZQRHs9SleapIEfcnfB2yZu_QAFd8qOkQd11cZt-OS9cXOqwUXUAci4Lc#1ce494f1062b

 

Music in Houston Schools: writing and compassion

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2019/02/12/study-arts-education-boosted-compassion-and-writing-scores/?fbclid=IwAR1F3NmMENGGvP3oyRcRShy5Nz0AoKmTjklYeHuwemDEWFzCdKyXDw9kWKk

 

Musikgarten-Philippines

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/335680/never-too-young-for-bach-music-for-kids-brain-devt/?utm_source=newsletter_276&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Ted Talks: Anita Collins

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

Abreu/El Sistema

http://www.ted.com/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music

Music and paying attention

https://www.zmescience.com/science/brain-music-attention-92353635/?fbclid=IwAR3QDeHAdyUqP8SQc3MZIWR8MUQpNu2kztz_MA5v9YLitcQCvwzwvixp22M&utm_source=newsletter_272&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

and the full article:

https://www.heliyon.com/article/e01315

Chamber music in instrumental pedagogy

http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/playing-chamber-music-is-the-best-way-for-children-to-learn-an-instrument/

Reimer’s Cognitive Philosophy of Music Education: Music Matters

http://cmed.faculty.ku.edu/private/daugherty.html

General Benefits of Music Lessons

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/science/long-term-benefits-of-music-lessons.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0

Music Education in Today’s Society http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/11737855/Music-education-is-vital-in-todays-pressured-world.html

Benefits to Learning through Music Lessons

http://www.cmuse.org/how-children-increase-learning-skills-through-music-lessons/

Learning an instrument and child development (see next entry)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/07/music-lessons-spur-emotional-and-behavioral-growth-in-children-new-study-says/

Original article in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567%2814%2900578-4/abstract

Music and Language

http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/07/music-language-brain

Music and Language Learning

http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/studies-reveal-musical-training-in-childhood-aids-language-learning-ability/

General Benefits of Music Education

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-of-music-education/

Longtime Benefits of Early Music Lessons

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/early-music-lessons-have-longtime-benefits/

10 Transferable Skills from Arts Education

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/22/top-10-skills-children-learn-from-the-arts/

12 Benefits of Music Education

http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/twelve-benefits-of-music-education/

Music and Empathy

https://www.sfcv.org/article/is-music-the-new-social-media-empathy-entrainment

Music Education Funding in the UK

http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/ism-s-protect-music-education-secures-17m-in-extra-funding-for-uk-children

Marching Band as a Lifeline

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/15/312455384/at-a-new-orleans-high-school-marching-band-is-a-lifeline-for-kids

Harmony Project (Los Angeles): Neurobiology study of Music Education Benefits

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education-jan-june14-harmony_01-04/

Music education and children’s mental health

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/music-invaluable-resource-when-it-comes-childrens-mental-health-and?utm_source=newsletter_232&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Music Education in Philadelphia

http://wrti.org/post/how-music-education-program-transforming-lives-philadelphia#.Ut5rG5MCB1Q.facebook

Classical Music and Concentration

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10559574/Beethoven-and-Mozart-can-boost-pupils-concentration.html

Classical Music and Listening Skills in Infants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2536032/Playing-classical-music-baby-improve-listening-skills-later-life.html

Music and Reading in Pre-school Children

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/01/021.html

Music and Bereavement in Children

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/24/music-helps-children-with-bereavement

Music and School Life Quality in Finland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130830091756.htm

Music and Learning Improvement

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/using-music-to-close-the-academic-gap/280362/

How neuroscience can help music learning

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161014092122.htm?utm_source=newsletter_194&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

Music and Success

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Music and Rocket Scientist

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/music-make-rocket-scientist/story?id=20692544&page=2

Music and Child Behaviour

http://www.musicmark.org.uk/…/childs-behaviour-can-improve-…

Music Study and Enhanced Learning

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hearing-the-music-honing/

Music Programme in Acapulco, Mexico

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20849266

Music in the Swiss Constitution (Fr.)

http://www.lacote.ch/fr/suisse/index.php?idIndex=594&idContent=1035806

Music Therapy as a growing profession

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/health/music-therapy/index.html

Musica Viva schools project

http://www.educatoronline.com.au/news/why-music-is-an-education-gamechanger-239846.aspx?utm_source=newsletter_221&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news

General:

Robert Wilson: Why art matters

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-robert-wilson-on-the-enduring-impact-of-performance

Arts connects to School

https://economiststalkart.org/2016/08/16/the-arts-connect-students-to-school/

Arts and Cities Emotional and Social benefits of art

http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/12/how-the-arts-add-to-city-economies/421191/

Emotional and Social benefits of art

https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2015/looking-social-and-emotional-benefits-arts

 

Why Cities need artists 

http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/12/why-cities-cant-afford-to-lose-their-artists/383298/?utm_source=SFFB

 

Arts and Pittsbugh

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/how-the-cultural-arts-drove-pittsburghs-revitalization/383627/

Dr Tronick Meaning Making and the Still Face Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwDEoWN9NM8

In support of arts education

http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/music_teacher/cultural-learning-alliance-releases-report-support-cultural-learning/

What business leaders learn from orchestras

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-orchestras-can-teach-executives-about-conducting-business

Music and health

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2020/04/20/immune-system-music-therapy-health-benefit-study-mind-body-COVID-19/stories/202004150125?utm_source=newsletter_306&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=music-world-news