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Are Denton’s Little Kids the Smartest in North Texas?


by Betsy Lewis 14 Oct 2008 4:29 PM

Sheree helps little Amanda on the alto saxophone. Dr. Oliver Sacks told KERA’s Krys Boyd that music stimulates the imagination, keeps the body moving, and communicates at least as powerfully as language. Musicians even have larger brains. So why aren’t more communities exposing little ones to musical instruments?

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