A study conducted at Concordia University (near Montreal in Canada), led by Professor Virginia Penhune has found that musicians who started before the age of seven showed heightened white matter in the brain (the nerve fibres which link the left and right areas of the brain). Hence the study showed that early music training can… Continue reading Early music training can boost the brain
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The first copy of Sound Before Symbol is in the UK
The first copy of ‘Sound Before Symbol‘ is in the UK. It has visited SAGE in London, myself in Scotland and is now in Yorkshire in the safe hands of my MUM!
‘Sound Before Symbol – Developing Literacy through Music’ is due to be published in February 2013.
I need to reduce my manuscript by about 7000 words
Bad News for Me I need to reduce my manuscript by about 7000 words. Good news for you! I have redrafted some of the bits I took out and produced a pdf file ‘Sounds and Symbols Philosophy‘ so that you can get a sneak preview!
Final manuscript submitted to SAGE!
Final manuscript submitted to SAGE! Everything crossed that it is OK!
‘Sound Before Symbol’ – Final draft manuscript submitted
Final draft manuscript submitted to SAGE added new subtitle – Developing Literacy through Music.
The ‘Sound Before Symbol’ Book is Official!
The book ‘Sound Before Symbol’ is now contracted to SAGE Publications and is due to be published February 2013! You can place pre-orders within the ‘shop’ section or contact us via the ‘contact’ page for more information.
‘Sound Before Symbol’ gets the thumbs up!
The proposal for Sound Before Symbol was passed at this morning’s Editorial Board meeting at Sage Publishing. It has had the provisional ‘thumbs up’ so we can look forward to reading it, hopefully in the not too distant future!
Jesse Norman MP writes in the Sunday Times
Jesse Norman writes in the Sunday Times ‘Sing Up and Break the Silence’. Some of the huge benefits of music to all parts of life and to all people are discussed in this article along with the necessity of increasing its provision in education.
Graham Allen MP launches second report on Early Intervention
Read his report here