A Well-Tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn

by Peter Perret and Janet Fox

Maya Angelou (Foreword)

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"A Well-Tempered Mind" investigates the intriguing connection between music education and brain development in children. Peter Perret and Janet Fox use the details of an innovative music education program for elementary school students to explore this fascinating relationship. "A Well-Tempered Mind" describes how the students of Bolton Elementary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a local quintet worked together and then explains the ongoing research that focuses on how music engages the brain's cognitive capabilities, from memory and language to emotional processing. Music, "A Well-Tempered Mind" reveals, is a universal language that expands young minds in essential ways.
  • ISBN10 1932594035
  • ISBN13 9781932594034
  • Publish Date 1 October 2004
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 27 July 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press