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Why Study Music?

Why Study Music?

Unlock your child’s potential

Music education can be an amazing tool for helping children develop. Engaging them creatively. Challenging them intellectually. Building strong relationships with other students and teachers. We believe you can bring out a children’s potential through music. Which is why we created a system of music education and resources for children and parents. Learn more about our research and the long-term value of music training:

The Benefits of Music Education
The study of music does more than just create musicians. How does music education help children as their brains develop?
Read the White Paper
Structured Music Education: The Pathway to Success
We know that studying music can have positive effects on your brain. But what additional benefits do students get from structured music education? 
Read the White Paper
When Words Fail
Everyone loves music. It is, along with language, the most important form of communication we have. For many people music is something that they experience, but do not believe themselves able to produce or express.
Music and Cognitive Benefits
Music makes you smarter. We’ve all heard that before. But is it true? Is there any evidence for this claim? What parts of intelligence might music affect? How does it make you smarter?
Survey Research on Remote Exams
To better understand the impact of remote examinations and the ways that they were perceived by our students, we surveyed two groups of students in July 2020.
The Benefits of Assessment
Testing has both direct and indirect benefits for both students and educators, and there is now a great deal of scientific evidence to support the view that testing has a key role in the learning process itself.
Dr. Vincent Lam
The student of the violin needs to have regular practice habits, needs to be able to take critique, and needs to have a humanistic imagination. These are also crucial qualities for a writer and a doctor. I think it helped me to have developed these skills early in life as a student of the violin.
Dr. Vincent Lam, Doctor, award-winning novelist
Piya Chattopadhyay
People sometimes ask me what it is that makes me to be and sound confident as a broadcaster. I always harken back to my days growing up, learning Conservatory vocal, and standing in front of the examiner to pass each grade. No instrument is more personal than your own voice.
Piya Chattopadhyay, Journalist and Broadcaster

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Find Your Teacher
Whether you are looking for face-to-face or online lessons for your child or yourself, we are here to help you find the right teacher to guide your journey. Search our directory or learn from our acclaimed faculty at Oscar Peterson School of Music.
Take Your Course
In-person or digital? The choice is yours. Every course with The Royal Conservatory is designed to develop your potential. Experience our uncompromising commitment to building the great minds of tomorrow.
Get Your Resources
With hundreds of teaching materials developed by the RCM such as books and digital courses and apps, we provide both teachers and students with the highest-quality building blocks needed for success.
Book Your Exam
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