Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Playing a musical instrument, particularly the piano, is linked to better brain health in older adults, including better memory ...

Sarah Starbuck is an educator at Thornton Middle School. At her school, she witnesses first hand what the decline in funding for education does for programs like music. “[It] adversely affects kids ...

WHITEFISH, Mont. — A fundraising campaign is underway in Whitefish to address a growing problem inside local school band rooms. Some aging instruments are no longer keeping up with students’ needs, ...

Dave Haymaker is like a magician for musical instruments. School districts, music shops and musicians bring him their old, worn out or broken instruments, and Haymaker does whatever he can to breathe ...