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Music Technology and Higher Education – An Emerging Trend

Music schools are now becoming more diverse by expanding their course offerings and majors to include music business, musical genres and especially music production and technology.   Among these music schools, one of the hottest trends in music education is in contemporary music and modern music production.

Why?  Music schools are looking for new ways to open their resources to a wider range of students.  Especially in the aforementioned area.  Technology is changing the way many of today’s leading musicians compose, perform and produce.  It is also changing the way in which music reaches audiences both in the recorded and performance mediums.

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The Benefits of Music Education to Children

Introduction

Music is a very powerful subject – It has been used since the Greek times for healing, communication, relaxation and for enjoyment. Even before birth we are aware of our mother’s heartbeat and during infancy are relaxed by the song of a lullaby. Every day everybody hears some form of musical pitch or rhythm and it can even be found in nature such as how birds communicate through a song-like speech.

Music is such a powerful force, it creates deep emotions in humans – it is played at weddings for happiness, in horror films and during war for fear and at home for happiness and because of this lends itself to relaxation, stress relief and health therapy – and the connection between music, body, and soul has even been shown to improve physical and mental health.

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