History of western music

(From ancient Greece to Renaissance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6TlS41DNM

Notice the importance of the voice

and gradual introduction of instruments

as you progress through the video.

Link for several other videos in many musical periods:

https://www.youtube.com/user/myhistoryofmusic/videos

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Village Voices sang Over the Rainbow

in the Fall Recital 2014, new recitals begin on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Center.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OA0simsHBU

Keep Your Lamps and Blackbird
performed by Festival City Chamber Singers in OSU Talent Showcase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ourNYB5lZ4

For Unto Us a Child is Born from Handel's Messiah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idwYiOcBZ0s

This season will mark the 75th performance of the Messiah in Cedar City.

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Music training can significantly

improve our motor and reasoning skills

by Belle Cooper

We generally assume that learning a musical instrument can be beneficial for kids, but it's actually useful in more ways than we might expect. One study showed that children who had three years or more musical instrument training performed better than those who didn't learn an instrument in auditory discrimination abilities and fine motor skills.

They also tested better on vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning skills, which involve understanding and analyzing visual information, such as identifying relationships, similarities and differences between shapes and patterns.

These two areas in particular are quite removed from musical training as we imagine it, so it's fascinating to see how learning to play an instrument can help kids develop such a wide variety of important skills.

Similar research shows this correlation for exercise and motor skills in the same way, which is also fascinating.

Complete article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belle-beth-cooper/8-surprising-ways-music-a_b_4353122.html

*Upcoming*

Rhythm of Life Season opens with Fall Recitals each Tuesday in Sept.

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Website: http://myosu.org/

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435-233-8213

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