(H/B) A WELL-TEMPERED MIND

Παρουσίαση

Five musicians walk into a first-grade classroom, instruments in tow. Without a word, they begin playing, to the delight of the children who sit and watch.
The children respond with enthusiasm. During successive visits, they interact with the woodwind quintet. The musicians not only help them learn about music but also provide a bridge to help them learn about other subjects.
More than two years after that first visit, these same children do strikingly better on state tests than the third-grade class that preceded them. The improvement continues for future classes that have experienced the musical sessions. It is clear the quintet's intervention has had a positive impact.
This charming story straight from the classroom gives us a taste of things to come in one of the newest areas of brain research: the effect of music on the brain. Described by Peter Perret, architect of the program and 26-year director of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the children's experience gives life to a host of tantalizing question. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Foreword by Maya Angelou
Introduction by Frank B. Wood, Ph.D
Preface
Acknowledgments
Fanfare
Lessons from the Pied Piper
Overture
Getting to Know All About You
Building Bridges
Models and Mentors
Learning to Listen
A Symphony of Neurons
Can You Say "Legato"?
As Time Goes By
Is Music a Reading Teacher?
Listening to Learn
Young Composers
Once Upon a Time
Beyond Bolton: Theme and Variations
Coda: Play It Again
Do Try This at Home
Glossary
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index