music education

Harmonizing Hope: One Note at a Time in Malaysia and Beyond

MS Team / 13/05/2025

Indra Selvarajah wishes for us to recognize — and utilize — the healing benefits of music. Fighting Alzheimer’s during his later years, Ronald Reagan frequently reacted to well-known tunes, occasionally joining in by singing or bobbing his foot, as the illness eroded the mental faculties of the 40th U.S. President. Reagan was not the only […]

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80s and 90s School Staple: The Humble Recorder Faces Extinction as Kids Move On

Every single week, without fail, at primary school. school , we would sit cross-legged on the classroom floor in a circle, holding a recorder. The ear-splitting sound of Three Blind Mice (or something akin to it) would fill the room for a good 20 minutes thereafter, until we were all out of puff from blowing