A full-sized symphony orchestra is made up of over ninety musicians that play in four different sections – the strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.  There are over twenty-five different instruments in total, and nowadays almost all of them are available for children to learn from the beginner level. So if and when a child has the opportunity to pick a musical instrument to learn to play, how do they know which one to choose?     It has been proven that if a child personal

Much research has been carried out into the effects of exposing young children to music, from the time they are in the womb, through infancy and into childhood. Some studies suggest that babies respond to music played to them before birth, indicating that sound recognition begins earlier than we might imagine. Not only do babies recognise sounds, but they also quickly begin to associate those sounds with how they feel. The unique sound of a parent’s voice becomes linked with