Thursday, May 24, 2012 Striking a chord: Music education
symposium, June 18-21, focuses on how students learn through
music MANHATTAN -- What sparks students to learn through music
is the focus of this year's Kansas State University Music
Symposium, June 18-21, in Manhattan. Music educators of all
levels -- from general music and instrumental teachers to
vocal/choral teachers -- can enhance their teaching based on
current research in how the brain reacts to music. Jana Fallin,
a professor of music education and distinguished teaching
scholar at Kansas State University, says researchers are finding
that music sparks the brain in many different areas, sometimes
affecting the brain in more areas than any other curricular
subject. "We are beginning to know so much about how the brain
works due to advanced technology with brain scanning," Fallin
said. "We know that the brain has to turn on in order to learn.
Music does this turning on for our thinking and learning." Now
in its 24th year, the Music Symposium has fe