Yamaha CVP100 Series Hits the Ground Running . . . . . 2

Success of Clavinova Festivals Continues to Grow . . . . . 3

Silent Film Era Flickers Back to Life . . . . . 7

Point Loma Nazarene Students Benefit from Clavinova . . . . . 8

New Arts Education Center’s Clavinova Lab Opens the Door to Creativity . . . . . 9

Day Job Won’t Silence this Composer . . . . . 10

Clavinova Sits Center Stage at Technology Showcase . . . . . 11

Elementary School Music Lab Goes High-Tech . . . . . 12

New Jersey Musician Records Piano Solos. . . . . 13

Artist Orchestrates and Records New Album on Clavinova . . . . . 14

Yamaha Clavinova Digital Pianos Awarded “Dealers Choice” . . . . . 15

All State Piano Ensemble Stars at Kentucky Music Teachers Association . . . . . 16

Henry Mancini Institute Offers Mentoring Program for Young Musicians . . . . . 17

Yamaha Corporation of America Renames Keyboard Division . . . . . 18

Alzheimer’s Residents Receive Joy of Music . . . . . 18

Music Education = Physical and Mental Well Being

he age-old belief that music soothes the soul, improves one’s overall health and lends richness to every stage of life has gotten a serious boost in the past year.

Not only did Congress devote a hearing solely to the topic of music education, but up-to-the-minute scientific research is demonstrating that music has measurable, positive effects on people’s well-being. Yamaha Corporation of America is committed to the overall importance of music education, and is proud to have been a part of some of this critical research.

The work of noted scientists Drs. Gordon Shaw and Frederick Tims points to one inescapable conclusion: music, and particularly keyboard training, has a positive effect on one’s overall health, from mental to physical. Earlier this year we reported on research led by Physics Professor Emeritus Dr. Gordon Shaw from the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Shaw’s research found that taking piano lessons and solving math puzzles on a computer significantly improved specific math skills of elementary school children. Used in the study were two Yamaha MLC Laboratory System teacher consoles, each linked to ten Yamaha keyboards.

Working with a control group of 135 second grade students at the 95th Street School in Los Angeles, Dr. Shaw found that those who played piano scored 27% higher on proportional math and fractions tests. The findings are significant because a grasp of proportional math and fractions is a prerequisite to math at higher levels and children who do not master these areas of math cannot understand more advanced math critical to success in high-technology fields.

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