NEW YORK (AP) – Andolina Collado didn’t know where to start when her young daughter asked for violin lessons. An immigrant from the Dominican Republican who works as a home health aide, she asked ...

Music lessons are sometimes sold as a sort of cognitive training. Put a child in front of a piano, the story goes, and ...

Parents have long treated piano recitals and violin lessons as a kind of academic insurance policy, a cultural bet that ...

In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto Mississauga psychologist Glenn Schellenberg, had ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - A Gunn High School student in Palo Alto came up with a creative way to help families as they shelter in place. At the same time, she's raising money to help fight the spread of ...

SAGINAW, MI – Ten years ago, John and Katrina Vowell opened a music studio in the city of Saginaw with plans to provide free lessons to kids. The longtime Saginawians and co-founders of Major Chords ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix nonprofit built on music is accepting new students. There's no catch. It's free to learn, to play and to take lessons - but the nonprofit says the most important part isn't ...

The Associated Press NEW YORK-Music lessons are among the most expensive activities for children and the most difficult to navigate. Here are some tips on how to get started: Let your child explore ...

In this Aug. 17 photo, Anmy Paulino Collado prepares to leave after her piano lesson, in New York. Private music lessons are beyond the reach of many families and even music programs at public schools ...