Certificate of Merit is a statewide program of graded music education made available to students of music teachers who are members of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC).

As the mother of all instruments, pianos surpass all others in the hearts of true music lovers. The rich sounds of the piano bring incomparable pleasure to the player, and to his or her audience. No matter what type of music you love, your favorite songs sound better on the piano. Embrace the instrument made for music lovers.

Helping students to develop good posture habits at the piano is one of the most important things our piano instructors can teach. Assisting our students in finding proper posture should begin from the very first lesson. Starting the piano lesson experience with good habits is much easier than attempting to fix bad habits down the road once problems begin to appear. In this blog, we are sharing tips on perfect piano posture and hand position for piano students. We’ll go over the most common piano posture tips and delve into less obvious posture considerations.

Coding has become increasingly popular nowadays, especially in the education field. Thanks to this rise in popularity, coding has become a must in most parents’ and teachers’ agendas when teaching their children. Although teaching your child coding will not necessarily result in future Mark Zuckerbergs or guarantee a career in the tech industry, coding provides many different benefits to children of a young age. If you are interested in having your child or children learn coding, make sure to read this blog post before you jump right in.

Let's take a closer look inside a piano and find out how it works!

Let’s create Music Rhythm Puzzles! This is a fun way to visually see the beats in music and a simple way for young students to learn rhythm. Try it out!

Perfect posture at the piano is a huge part in improving productivity and powering up your child’s progress! Read to learn how your child can achieve perfect posture!

Music Literacy is declining over time and although this does not seem like a huge issue, it actually is. Due to the decline of music literacy, music quality has also been declining. Read more to find out how music literacy and music quality are correlated with each other.

How long should one practice? And how regularly? Read more to find out!

Dynamics helps musicians express different emotions and intensities in music. Without dynamics, music would just be flat and straight out boring. Read more to learn about different types of dynamics and their importance!

There are so many talented African-American musicians who were buried and unrecognized due to the unjust limitations that came with their skin color. We would like to share with you a few of our favorite African-American classical musicians hoping to shine light to the African-American music community and giving them the acknowledgement they deserve.

Not sure which piano to choose for your child’s piano lessons? Here are our recommendations!

We have gathered some tips and suggestions to improve the quality of your audio during your Zoom music lessons! We recommend these advanced audio settings to users if their audio is constantly cutting off when playing over backing tracks, when playing in the higher or lower registers, or when playing sustained or percussive sounds.

Want to learn how to read music? We have broken down the steps to do so, which we actually use to teach our students here at Klassik Arts!

Through this study, researchers were able to conclude that music education can be a very powerful tool in upgrading children's cognitive abilities and increasing academic success, furthermore closing the gaps between children who are categorized as “below average” and “average.” Schools that do not implement musical activities into their curriculum are losing so much potential in bettering their quality of education for their students and are not providing opportunities for better success.

Throughout time, many studies revealed that plants exposed to music were significantly healthier than plants that were not. Music can help plants thrive and ensure that they live long luscious lives. A study in 1962 (one of the earliest studies conducted) by Dr. Singh at Annamalai University showed that plants exposed to classical music had a 20% increase in growth compared to the group that was not exposed to any music at all. This same study was also done on crops, which showed a 25% to 60% increase in growth. Another study by researcher Dorothy Retallack at Colorado Women’s College showed plants exposed to an extended F note to be much healthier than the control group with no exposure to music.

Music is proven to be a great tool for relieving stress and bettering mental health. Music can be used to improve cognitive, motor, emotional, communicative, social, sensory, and educational domains by using both active and receptive music experiences.

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was always an unorthodox pianist, choosing isolation over society. He was best known to the public for his eccentricities - wearing gloves, a scarf and overcoat in summer weather, soaking his hands in hot water before playing the piano, and humming and singing while playing. Beyond this, his legacy of nearly 80 CBS recordings is among the most significant and challenging musical documents of our time.

Every recording Gould made was provocative. His vigorous, introspective, and mannered keyboard style has been influential among some musicians, although he taught no students and left no musical descendants.