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by Madeline Frank, Ph.D
Dr. Frank has taught children and adults to learn through music for
over
25 years. In her research she has found that music stimulates the brain
and promotes scholastic aptitude.
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2007 |
Many of the worlds scientists, medical doctors, and mathematicians have studied and played musical instruments since they were children. These eminent individuals have integrated music into their thinking process. It has been found that children who take up a musical instrument learn discipline, cooperation, teamwork, motivation, concentration and self esteem. Recent medical research has determined that when you play a musical instrument, all four lobes of the brain and the cerebellum are being stimulated. By playing a musical instrument the brain cells are strengthened and form new connections. The brain is a Darwinian organ that changes with the stimulation it receives. An example of how musical study creates and improves neurological connections may be the example of the regeneration of brain function in those individuals who have had portions of their brain removed (hemispherectomy) as a procedure to alleviate seizures caused by Rasmussen's Encephalitis and Epilepsy. A child of eight continues to do well after the above operation. He takes piano lessons and continues to do well in mathematics. Despite the effects of the operation, which removed that portion of the brain responsible for mathematics, poetry, and music, his brain cells are making better connections. In two months he was able to make progress in language use which would normally have taken nine months. The study of music is restoring necessary brain functions....
We must teach American children how to learn and put America back to
work.
Dr. Frank has seen many children who were failing in school, take up an
instrument and quickly learn to read and write. To watch a child grow into
a healthy and bright adult is the best reward to a teacher and a parent.
Her goal is to make the study of music mandatory in the public schools
from K-12 to foster a more civil and intelligent society.
Dr. Frank has written several award winning books and performance CDs
on
this research: The Secret of Teaching Science & Math
Through Music: How
Can Music Make You Brighter? , an Amazon.com Best Seller and winner
of the Parent To Parent Award, Musical Notes
On Math: Teaching decimals and
fractions the fun way through the rhythm of music. Madeline’s
Midnight Melody CD "Music From Around the world- compliments her
books with a
blend of dance music gigues, tangos, ballet and favorites including
“Danny Boy”, Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro”,
Debussy’s “Claire
De Lune”
and others. This music was developed for patients with Parkinson’s
,to
move by, to help reduce tremors, Alzheimer’s patients to remember
, and
all others to enjoy and re-stimulate their brains.
(C)
2007 Madeline Frank
"Her teaching sessions are sprinkled with large doses of compassion, caring and understanding. A firm believer in emphasizing the positive and never the negative, several of her violin and cello students served as testimony to her teaching methods at a recent recital. Blended with the sweet sounds of the strings were dominant tones ringing of self-confidence, high-esteem and a general atmosphere that shouted, 'hey- this hi-brow stuff is fun!'"
Profile article (excerpt) from the Saint Leo College/University Newspaper
"First and foremost, Madeline is a gifted musician who also believes in the redeeming social and psychological qualities of her art. The topic of her dissertation, "A Total Quality Arts Program for the 90s," is unique in that it attempts to bridge the gap between the arts and the art and science of management. Using Demming's celebrated concept of Total Quality Management(TQM) as a frame work of reference, her work suggests a model approach to explain what may be wrong with music education in America and what can be done to correct it.
…Her research has a moral agenda. Two of the basic assumptions in her Ph.D. work are that character-building is lacking in American school and college education, and that music helps build character. Hence the implication: music education must be improved and expanded not only for cultural enrichment and personal enjoyment but also as a social necessity to build the sagging character of America's youth. This challenging implication….suggested relationship between music education and such character traits as confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and team spirit-traits that our youth would ill-afford not to possess. Given her considerable musical talent, her faith in music as the highest form of human achievement, and her knowledge about organizing and managing high quality music education., I feel Dr. Frank has a great deal to contribute to the world of music as well as to education as an instrument of human development."
Dr. Aqueil Ahmad , Professor of the Department of Business at Walden University