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General Music Booster Meeting
All Music Booster Members Welcome

Next Booster Meeting:  
TBA
All Welcome!

Music Boosters Community Service Program Meeting:
TBA

Panther Music Mentors program will run from 
June 17th-July 24th
If you are interested in tutoring, please fill out the contact form at
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We hope you will use our sponsors whenever possible!
For more information on our sponsors:
/sponsors.html

Music Department Fundraisers


Choir Fundraiser

Red Brick Pizza
1st Thursday of Every Month September through May
All Day-just sign your name on the sheet saying you support Pen High Choir!

Upcoming Music Events

Interested in Jazz Improvisation?

Join the Jazz Angles in Long Beach for your chance in the "spot light".  This group meets every Sunday afternoon/evening providing students the opportunity to learn improvisation in a nurturing, pressure free environment.  For more details, contact Barry Cogert at barry@jazzangel.org or go to their website at www.jazzangel.org.

theJazzAngels
3258 E Willow St.
Signal Hill, CA  90755
(562) 981-8410



Top 17 Ways Learning a Musical Instrument Gives you the Edge


http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/top-17-ways-learning-musical-instrument-gives-edge.html?ref=fbp&n=3


How Beneficial is Early Childhood Music Training?

Psych Central:
Childhood Music Lessons Can Aid Adult Listening
By JANICE WOOD Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 22, 2012


A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood, according to a new study.

Compared to people with no musical training, adults with one to five years of musical training as children had enhanced brain responses to complex sounds, making them more effective at pulling out the fundamental frequency of the sound signal, researchers at Northwestern University report.  “Musical training as children makes better listeners later in life,” said Dr. Nina Kraus, a professor of neurobiology, physiology and communication sciences at Northwestern...the study suggests that short-term music lessons may enhance lifelong listening and learning. 

To read this article in it's entirety, click on the link below:  
http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/08/22/childhood-music-lessons-can-aid-adult-listening/43510.html




This website is made possible by our Booster Members.  If you would like to join, please contact your Music Booster President or drop off your check to Deirdre Heimer in the Band Room. 
Fee information can be found at /why-should-i-become-a-music-booster-member.html  
Make checks payable to:
PVPHS Music Boosters
 Thank you for your support!