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Interview
Carrie Banwell
Director
of
Music Together of
Charlotte
November, 2016

What is Music Together? It is a licensed curriculum based in a preschool environment. It is a


business - much like a franchise that originated in Princeton, New Jersey. We (Music Together
of Charlotte) own the license for Huntersville and Fort Mill.
Do you know of any other schools using music in educational environments? I know a lot of
preschools use it as a tool to help children learn new concepts, and to help with transitions from
up times to down times, to play games or to quiet them down.
How has implementing music with learning helped support cognitive growth for your
students? Music supports all aspects of learning. Music pathways are similar to language
pathways. As children grow in their language development, they use the same neuron pathways
that they use to grow musically. But music uses more than language - so when children are born
with the innate ability to speak - usually to develop language abilities, they are also born with
aptitude: the ability to make music: to sing in tune and keep an accurate rhythm. Depending on
whether or not its nourished, influences whether that person stays musical or whether they cant
even sing in tune. We know from research that kids who are involved in music at a young age,
especially under the age of seven, can heighten those pathways and support what they are doing.
So, in the classroom youll see social development, cognitive development, physical
development, and emotional development. All of this is happening in the classroom because in
the classroom, children have to repeat what is being sung to them which is developing language,
rhythm, timing, (and) spatial awareness. So generally speaking, it is putting music in your small
and large muscles because the more you play with children, the more improved their cognitive
development becomes.
How do you cater to kids with different learning styles and disabilities? Well at our school
we have a lot of a lot of autistic, and developmentally delayed children. However, they always
sing before they speak. We train our teachers on how to deal with that because it is a really great
way and a safe place for kids to have a social experience and to be exposed to new music or
instruments they have never seen or heard otherwise. You have to be really sensitive to children
with these disabilities, but weve seen them come out of their shell more. Some kids have to
learn from observation first, before they can join in. So we try to teach in a way that allows
children with different learning styles such as observers, listeners, and kinesthetic learners. So
our classroom gives children more freedom to roam around and become acquainted with their
environment, while engaging and learning at the same time.
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