Music: The great brain organizer

A human being is designed to enjoy things that promote the development of his brain, and therefore we naturally seek sensations that help organize our brains. This is one of the reasons children love music. Music helps to organize the brain.

It is said Albert Einstein was a mediocre student until he began playing the violin. ”Before that, he had a hard time expressing what he knew,” says Hazel Cheilek, orchestra director at a Virginia magnet high school where more than a third of the students also play or sing in musical ensembles. “Einstein said he got some of his greatest inspirations while playing violin. It liberated his brain so that he could imagine.”