Musicians Teach Music

09/23/2026

09/23/2026

This is going to be a wonderful concert at The Reformed Church of Bronxville. This coming Saturday Evening, September 26, 6:00 PM. Free Admission!

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Few adults play musical instruments, and even fewer do so in a group, Caroline Mimbs Nyce wrote in 2024. What health benefits might they be giving up? https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

“Kids receive plenty of music education, but as people get older, they fall out of practice. Many stop picking up their instrument,” Nyce writes. “This is unfortunate, in part because plenty of research shows that adults could benefit from playing music.”

Playing music helps build larger brain networks and new pathways. “Musicians tend to have better attention than nonmusicians,” Nyce continues. “Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression. For older people specifically, research has shown potential cognitive benefits along with a possible decrease in dementia risk.”

Adults may be skipping out in part because music education is associated with childhood and coursework. And after people grow out of music education in their childhood, they tend to think that music is a special talent, Nyce writes, not something that just anybody can learn.

“Of course, people are busy; they simply may not have the luxury of sitting down to study Bach once a week, much less the money to pay for an instrument or private lessons,” Nyce writes.

Playing music in groups has additional benefits, such as allowing adults to feel more trusting of and connected to one another, and to the world in general. But while it’s easy to go to a park or gym and pull together a game of pickup basketball, “piecing together people at the same skill level to play a concerto or even just jam in a garage is another matter.”

Nyce herself recently began to play the recorder. “I plan to keep learning,” she writes, “not because it strengthens my neuropathways per se (though I certainly don’t mind that), but because making music, even when it’s silly—perhaps especially when it’s silly—is just a whole lot of fun.”

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06/26/2026

https://www.musiciansteachmusic.org/post/the-summertime-has-come

...and the leaves are sweetly blooming! And we welcome you to our first entry into the MTM Journal section, where you will find musical resources such as demonstrations of pieces, lyrics, sheet music and worksheets for your students and classrooms, homeschoolers and the homebound, memory care, thera...

04/09/2026

https://www.musiciansteachmusic.org/post/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame

Spring is certainly in the air when we hear this classic tune that celebrates baseball season! The iconic lyrics to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," were written in 1908 on a New York City Subway ride, by 29 year old Tin Pan Alley songwriter and vaudeville performer, Jack Norworth, (John Godfrey Knauf...

03/18/2026

https://www.musiciansteachmusic.org/post/danny-boy-traditional-irish-ballad-lyrics-by-frederick-edward-weatherly

Based on an, 'Old Irish Air' that possibly dates back to the 1600's, our story has it that the English lawyer Frederick Weatherly had been waiting for a musical accompaniment to his poem, "Danny Boy," which he penned in 1910. His Irish born sister-in-law either sent him a written transcription of th...

03/15/2026

Happy March, Happy Spring and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Musicians Teach Music! Thank you, Jeremy Wilkinson, for your wonderful rendering of the “Danny Boy” for this month’s music article!

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02/20/2026

https://youtu.be/BCN6Y5J3cS4?si=b8e0mYBSZsOyeRK8
Many thanks to Rhina Valentin, Ray Pagnucco, BronxNet TV Crew and Station, Eddy Malave, Jeremy Wilkinson, Dr. Katherine Dennis, Mark Bornfield, Dr. Nicole Wright, Jeremiah Bornfield, and Annie Chester!

First up is producer and filmmaker Anthony James Faure to talk about stories that center cultural identity, migration, and the power of language. Then, we're...

02/20/2026

on BronxNet ‘Open Friday’ today! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BCN6Y5J3cS4?si=hNzCwMp9R0wVTPzo