Composers: English resources & games

Timeline & Great Composers: Select the composer you would like to learn more about: These resources and more in Artsalive.ca Browse composers by Time period: This is a Musicacademyonline resource. Read and listen some famous composers biographies visiting this Composers Gallery: This is a New Your Philharmonic Kidzone game. Playtime! We can play this Music Match game: This […]

A different way to visualize Rhythm

In this video you can listen to different examples of beats and rhythmic patterns. The wheel is marked with different colored dots representing beats. In this case, green dots are used for main beats, orange dots for off beats, and white dots for secondary beats. Thus, John Varney uses the wheel method to take us on […]

The benefits of a bilingual brain

It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier — like traveling or watching movies without subtitles. But are there other advantages to having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain? Mia Nacamulli details the three types of bilingual brains and shows how knowing more than one language keeps your brain healthy, complex […]