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The two-day Making Music in Education Conference included demonstrations and performances by Staff report at The Press-Enterprise.

The Making Music in Education Conference, staged Friday, Oct. 18, at the Cesar Chavez Community Center in Riverside, featured panel discussion, speeches and music.
Photo: Courtesy of Collette Lee

A conference last week in Riverside explored ways teachers can blend music into their lessons.
The two-day Making Music in Education Conference also saw attendees create music of their own and listen to speeches examining research on music and the classroom.

The Riverside Arts Academy organized the event, joining with the city of Riverside, UC Riverside’s honors program, California Baptist University, La Sierra University, Cal  State San Bernardino and the Alvord and Riverside unified school districts...

This conference focused on use of music in the classroom and drew upon research about music and the brain by Nina Kraus, a professor at Northwestern University who was keynote speaker at the event. She discussed how low-income children are at a disadvantage, but with a regular music program such as that offered by the academy and local schools, they can rewire the brain and change the trajectory of their learning, a news release states. 
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