For more on this article, read: Young musicians commemorate life of a Maestro.
Young musicians commemorate life of a Maestro – Metro Vancouver
A ($10) Night at the Symphony – Vancity Buzz
Read the full article here: A ($10) Night at the Symphony
VAM: More than just music classes – VancouverMom.ca
Read the full article here: VAM: More than just music classes on VancouverMom.ca
VAM Concert salutes Wallace Leung – Vancouver Sun
Click here to view the entire article: Concert salutes life of Wallace Leung in the Vancouver Sun.
VAM Student Kathy Chen featured on Fairchild Radio, Saturday Feb. 11th
VAM Student Kathy Chen will be featur
ed on Fairchild Radio Saturday morning, February 11th, approximately 9:15am. To catch her interview, please tune in to CJVB AM1470.
Do Lectures Need Music? – Globe and Mail
Read the full article here: Social Studies in the Globe and Mail
VAM Symphony Orchestra DVD on sale now!
We are now selling DVDs of the first VAM Symphony Orchestra concert of 2011/2012. They are $12 each, and we have limited copies, so make sure to get yours soon!
The program of performances is shown below, and featured on the DVD case as well.
DVDs available from the VAM Office.
Vancouver Observer Article
See the rest of the slide show here: Faces of Vision: Vision Vancouver Westin Bayshore Gala slide show.
VAM Alumni at Carnegie Hall
VAM Alumni are going to be performing at Carnegie Hall in December – Melody Quah and Naomi Woo have been chosen to perform alongside seven other Yale University pianists in a Prokofiev Sonata marathon. Go VAM! Go Yale!
More information here: http://music.yale.edu/
Globe and Mail article
Here’s another interesting article that further validates the link between music and cognitive development:
He recently reported the results of a study in which children aged 4 to 6 learned about music – the basics of rhythm, pitch and melody – in a computer-based cognitive training program that involved games and cartoon characters. After 20 days of instruction, the children performed significantly better on a verbal IQ test compared to scores before the training.
A second group of children completed a similar program about the visual arts, learning about shape, colour, line dimension and perspective. But their scores on both verbal and spatial IQ tests didn’t budge.
Why would studying music lead to gains on verbal IQ? Music and language share brain processing and structure, Dr. Moreno says. “You don’t have to teach only English to improve in English,” he says.
Click here to read the full article in the Globe and Mail: A workout program for your brain.