by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Co-Founder and Education Director We’re now in the fourth week of shutdown at the Center for Musical Arts. I feel wistful thinking of the silent building, dormant after twenty years of everyday music-making. The kid in me wonders if the pianos...
In 2020, the Center for Musical Arts’ Heartstrings program celebrates 20 years of providing need-based tuition assistance and access to low- or no-cost musical instruments for students who cannot afford to rent them from a music store. Education Director Dr. Kathy...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director Ideally, both. Since we’re a music school, you probably expected that we’d say, hands down, music! But kids have so much to learn and explore, why insist that they make the impossible choice between sports or music? I’m...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director At the Center for Musical Arts, we’re often asked if the hype is true: do brains develop faster and better if children experience music from a young age? From the research that’s coming out daily, the answer is yes –...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director Why do we, the Center for Musical Arts, need your support? The short answer is this: people thrive when they engage in music and art – at any age. Music in community increases that even more, because sharing the experience...
Much of the quality of life in Boulder and surrounding cities can be attributed to the abundance of artists who have made a life for themselves within the community. Arts communities are first and foremost built by the artists themselves; their love for their...
Boulder and surrounding cities have consistently received accolades for livability, cultural offerings, and quality of life. While this positive feedback is uplifting, the richness of these offerings in our community and the positive impact they make cannot entirely...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. | Education Director You take up an instrument, perhaps inspired by a famous artist or a song you’ve heard or maybe you’re a fifth grader and you’ve been to Instrument Night and you just HAVE to play the French Horn because it is absolutely the...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. I was recently shocked to come across this statistic: “It is estimated that 1.1 billion young people worldwide (between the ages of 12-35) are at risk of hearing loss due to exposure to noise in recreational settings.”¹ One billion! That’s 1/7th...
by Kathy Kucsan, Ph.D. It seems that every day, more research emerges showing that music benefits the brain in many different ways. We’ve known for a long time that young students studying music get better grades, learn faster, have better focus, and seem to do better...
