Danielle Glynn was one of our young violin teachers at Dynamic Rhythms Music Centre a few years ago, and she reflects on 13 years of learning to play the violin and shares some tips for those starting out. I grew up surrounded by string instruments, due to a mother...

Do you know what to look for when you are comparing music schools, teachers and courses? How do you know if the content is educational and the lessons are value for money? Well my aim is to help you work that out. It must be FUN : Gone are the days of the strict...

Concert day begins well before the actual day and there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes. All this hard work culminates in an amazing, action packed day full of music and lots of talented performers. Almost as soon as we finish one concert we need to...

When we are just beginning to learn to read music, it appears to a novice that music is like learning to read another language. There’s no denying that music is a form of conversation: How the brain processes music is not well understood. Is music a language? At Johns...

 Children should be introduced to music from an early age. This is as simple as exposing them to music in their environment by listening to the radio, recorded music and experimenting with different sounds using everyday items. Neural connections in the brain related...

Have you ever stopped and thought about small business and the effort it takes to keep the wheels turning? Firstly, let's have a think about large companies such as Woolworths, Coles, or even medium sided businesses such as Private schools or even the Good Guys?. What...

Teaching music to kids matters because it is in the first few years of life that all the magic happens! Neural connections start to form and the brain is wiring itself for life. Watch them bop around the room when there is music playing. There are no inhibitions to...