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At the recent Promise of Music Symposium at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the question above was posed to Dr. Daniel Levitin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (and best-selling author of the book "This is Your Brain on Music"). Dr. Levitin's response was in…

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You did what????

Posted September 15, 2008

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"So . . . what did you do in music lesson today?"

"We played video games."

"Excuse me?"

"We played video games."

"In music lesson?"

"Yes."

"You mean, I'm paying good money to have you sit and play video games, when you could do that at home just as easily?  What kind of education is that?"

OK, so …

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