For Students
Apps
BandBlast
Fingercharts
Web sites
New York Philharmonic Kidzone http://www.nyphilkids.org/index.html
Bulletproof Musician https://bulletproofmusician.com/
For Parents
Books
Coyle, Daniel. The Talent Code. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2009.
Suzuki, Shinichi. Translated by Waltraud Suzuki, Nurtured by Love. Miami, FL: Summy-Birchard, Inc. or Warner Bros. or Alfred Publishing.
Suzuki, Shinichi. Translated by Mary Louise Nagata, Ability Development from Age Zero. Miami, FL: Summy-Birchard, Inc. or Warner Bros. orAlfred Publishing.
Articles
Mazzocchi, Tony. (2015) “3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Children When They Begin a Musical Instrument.” National Association for Music Education, http://www.nafme.org/3-things-parents-must-tell-their-children-when-they-begin-a-musical-instrument/
Corrigall, Kathleen A. and Laurel J. Trainor. (2011) “Associations Between Length of Music Training and Reading Skills in Children.” Music Perception, 29, no. 2: 147-155.
Trainor, Laurel J., Antoine J. Shahin and Larry E. Roberts. (2009) “Understanding the Benefits of Musical Training: Effects on Oscillatory Brain Activity.” Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 1169: 133-142.
Inouye, Itsuo. (2006) “Musical Training Benefits Kids’ Brains.” Associated Press.
Anvari, Sima H., Laurel J. Trainor, Jennifer Woodside, Betty Ann Levy. (2002) “Relations among musical skills, phonological processing, and early reading ability in preschool children.” Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 83: 111-130.
McTamaney, Catherine. (2005) “Why Music?” Montessori Life, 17,no. 3: 16-21.
Ohlhaver, Dorothy. (1998) “Learning with Music in the Classroom: What Research Says.” Montessori Life, 10, no. 4: 32-3.
Faulmann, Jo. (1980) “Montessori and Music in Early Childhood.” Music Educators Journal, 66, no. 9: 41-43.
Blogs
Trust Me I’m a Scientist. Blake Madden. February 3, 2014. “Why Music Education Really Matters” http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2014/02/03/why-better-music-education-really-matters/
Slipped Disc. Lebrecht, Norman. January 26, 2014. “Cornell President: young scientists must be taught music and the arts” http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2014/01/cornell-president-young-scientists-must-be-taught-the-arts.html
Slipped Disc. Lebrecht, Norman. January 23, 2014. “Exclusive: Nobel winner says ‘In the US, classical music is fundamentally a dying art’ ” http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2014/01/exclusive-nobel-winner-says-in-the-us-classical-music-is-fundamentally-a-dying-art.html
Slipped Disc. Lebrecht, Norman. October 9, 2013. “Nobel medicine winner says: I owe it all to my bassoon teacher” http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/10/nobel-medicine-winner-says-i-owe-is-all-to-my-bassoon-teacher.html
Dissertation
Watson, Robert Anthony. (2011) “The Flute Pedagogy of Toshio Takahashi” DMA Document, University of Georgia https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/watson_robert_a_201105_dma.pdf
Links
Audio
Click on the links to listen to these live performances.
Flute and Piano
Serenade by Albert Woodall Tony Watson, flute Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano
Joueurs de Flute Krishna by Albert Roussel Tony Watson, flute Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano
Joueurs de Flute Pan by Albert Roussel Tony Watson, flute Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano
Allegro vivace from Sonata by Jindrich Feld Tony Watson, flute Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano
Flute and Guitar
Jocul Cu Bàtă – Rumanische Volkstanz by Bela Bartok Tony Watson, flute Kevin Shank, guitar
Buciumeana – Rumanische Volkstanz by Bela Bartok Tony Watson, flute Kevin Shank, guitar