Raising Musical Kids: A Guide for Parents
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019994167X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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It's a clear and elegant guide about how to nurture music in our children, and why it is so important and enriching. A very wise book and an enormously entertaining one. It's also a useful and refreshing primer on the many areas of music that you might never have considered. An authoritative addition for parenting collections."--Library Journal (starred review). A tremendous amount of fascinating, thoroughly researched information that will surprise you and will change the way you think about your children's education. It also touches on the diversity of music training available to almost any motivated student and parent. This book should be a 'must-read' for every parent with a musical child!"- John Williams, Composer, Conductor"Raising Musical Kids lays out in practical, informative fashion some of the key issues surrounding children who possess a gift for music. Praise for the first edition:"Robert Cutietta is one of our coun
"Bargains on the prior edition" according to B. Littman. the prior edition of this book is available on amazon for only $Bargains on the prior edition B. Littman the prior edition of this book is available on amazon for only $4.00. .00. Barbara R. Ostroff said Two Stars. More lijke a textbook resource and not that much fun to read.
Does music make kids smarter? At what age should a child begin music lessons? Where should you purchase an instrument? What should parents expect from a child's teachers and lessons? How can you get kids to practice? Raising Musical Kids answers these and many other questions as it guides parents through everything from assembling a listening library for kids, to matching a child's personality with an instrument's personality, to finding musical resources in your community. Throughout the book, Cutietta emphasizes the joy of participating in music for its own sake. The first edition of Raising Musical Kids delighted and informed parents to equal degrees, and this fully-revised second edition is a book that parents everywhere will treasure as a complete road map for developing their child's musical abilities.. Knowing that children can--and often do--get most of their music education from their school, parent and educator Robert Cutietta explores the features and benefits of elementary and secondary school programs, and shows how parents can work with the schools to provide the best possible music program
Robert Cutietta is Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Comfortable as a musician, teacher, researcher, and parent, he brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, expertise, and common sense to writing about music and children.