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News
PCM Students' Concert Raises Over $3,000 for Haiti Earthquake Victims. Read CJ Dablo's article on KPCC Radio's website and see a video about the remarkable young Pasadena Conservatory students who organized a concert and raised more than $3,000 for Haitian earthquake victims.
Music critic Theodore Bell posts a glowing review of the fourth A Tour Through Time concert at the Norton Simon Museum. Follow the link to Culture Spot.
In her LA Times article, Playing Along with the Mozart Effect: Studies of Music's Effect on Children, reporter Melissa Healy states, "Learning to make music changes the brain and boosts broad academic performance. Findings across the board suggest that, even for a kid who will not grow up to be a Wynton Marsalis or a Joshua Bell, spending money and time on music lessons and practice is a solid investment in mental fitness."
The Sounds of Joyful Abandon
Read a musically literate mother's discovery of the joys of early childhood music study at the Conservatory. Ilsa Setziol's article appears in the Arroyo Monthly magazine.