Research shows that playing a musical instrument does amazing things to our brains — and especially in young children.

Schools overlook skills like playing musical instruments or creating art. We should push children to learn at least one musical instrument in primary school so that they become well-rounded students.

or when they get to open their instrument for the first time and say, 'hey, that's mine,'" said Erik Hagen, a music teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School. "This is I get to use this, this ...

Composers in the classroom music club bring music and feelings to life for 5th-grade students at Hunt Elementary in Sioux ...