When I was eight years old, I started playing the piano. It was during my piano playing lessons as a young child that I discovered the power of passion. ... It was his drive to live and play music, his only sole comfort and passion, that influenced me to ask my mom to enroll me in piano and music theory lessons. I still remember my first lesson. ... I also recalled his resilience and commitment to the piano. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His mother even sang and played the piano. ... At the tender age of six, Aaron began to play around the piano at home and at the age of eleven, Aaron Copland sister, Laurine,began teaching him how to play. ... From 1913-1917, Aaron began to study and take lessons from for Leopold Wolfsohn. ...

• Word Count: 508
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• Grade Level: High School

Students would not know how to play an instrument or know how to sing healthily unless they take private lessons. Students and parents, however, cannot always afford these pricy private lessons and the only way for a student to get the music education he or she wants is by participating in school music classes. ... Students would be required to sight read in any key with a given do from the piano or other instrument if needed. ...

• Word Count: 3372
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This famous notion demonstrates that, when students are exposed to classical music, specifically to that of the Mozart piano sonata, enhances the points in the Stanford-Binet IQ test from eight to nine! ... By taking music lessons, students become aware of the cultures of other countries across the world, or of different states in a country, other than the music prevalent in his/her culture. ... These lessons of life are important for students in future, to win the battle of life. ...

• Word Count: 1480
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Tchaikovsky's 6th and final symphony was, for me, a random choice when picking out a piece of music to study. The criteria for a piece I wanted to analyze and look into were based it being a popular piece, a symphony, and composed by someone fairly modern so I was sure to acquire enough background. ...

• Word Count: 2116
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School