Posted by: clariniano on: February 18, 2011
The provincial government in Ontario is creating some buzz about an activities credit for children, where families can claim up to $500 per child and receive a $50 tax credit. Personally, I think that is a joke. That can’t even pay for a semester’s worth of music lessons with a good teacher in most cases, [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: February 18, 2011
An article that was posted by a Facebook friend of mine, now I’m glad I practiced a lot, especially when I was a teen! And more reason to do private lessons, choose longer lessons, get children to practice music lessons, and to be committed to at least a few years of music study. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104132916.htm
Posted by: clariniano on: February 5, 2011
For the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking about writing a post about digital sheet music as opposed to published editions. Well, an experience at the music store that I mainly visit (though I generally love them) convinced me that digital sheet music should be the way of the future. What happened was [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: February 3, 2011
A friend of mine on Facebook recently posted this online musicality test from the BBC, which I thought was fun and interesting. https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/musicality/ (If you’re not registered with them, you need to create a login) They’re doing it in the name of research. My own profile was about what I expected: high in interest and [...]
