Report concludes that Sistema Scotland project to immerse deprived children in classical music is having a positive effect and can achieve ‘social transformation’.

IN a drab classroom at Lewisham in Sydney’s inner west, the chairs and tables are pushed to the edge of the room.

Some of Britain’s poorest children are embracing orchestral music – inspired by El Sistema, the movement in Venezuela that has sparked a revolution in learning and life.

SEATTLE—During a recent performance of “The Green Sheep,” a spectator burst into tears. Some in the theater feared the worst: a mass audience meltdown.

“It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition,” said Albert Einstein, who did badly in school until his parents bought him a violin that he played to help him decipher various equations. Einstein believed that music was a key factor in helping him become a genius. Music can not only influence emotions and behavior, but it also can stimulate the memory.

Don Spencer has turned his talents to education, writes Adam Fulton.

There is a whole language of technical jargon to describe music. Though these words and concepts are very handy to musicians, they tend to mystify non-musicians. Even people who go to concerts all the time, upon being confronted with terms like chromatic harmony, passacaglia and sonata form may have no real idea what they mean.

Taught to play instruments in just six months, children from the banlieues are set for a prestigious Paris debut.

Music has long been used to benefit causes and the African Children’s Choir (ACC) concert in Campbell River July 9 will support a cause that’s as worthwhile as it gets.

AN Australian musician has become possibly the world’s greatest guitar teacher after placing his lessons on YouTube. Justin Sandercoe’s free online tutorials for beginner guitar players have been viewed more than 60 million times in the past four years.