Learning music for fun to reap lifetime rewards
A music education program that aims to inspire interest first and foremost believes in the power of music in children’s development.
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Growing up in Canada, Karen Karana Tse, founder of String & Keyboard Musik Limited, had an unusual reason for learning music. She needed her first brain surgery at age 9 to clear a blood stasis, and the second one at age 12 when the illness returned. Doctors were concerned that these surgeries at such a young age would impact her brain development and encouraged her to take up music.
“As I began to train in different musical instruments, they were amazed with the progress I was making in language development, hand-brain coordination, memory and learning.”
“Music has changed my life. Having gone through the whole traumatic experience, I became convinced of the power of music with the firm belief that proper musical training can improve children’s brain development that will benefit them for the rest of their lives,” explained Tse.
Tse then went on to study music therapy in university. She had been a music teacher in Hong Kong for over a decade prior to establishing String & Keyboard Musik three years ago, which offers foundation programs for children aged 2-8 in piano, harp and violin.