One of the first possible signs that your child has a talent for drumming is the conversion of mum's pots, plates,cutleries...., in some cases daddy's head to a set of drums😀. Please don't fret, it's nature's way of showing you where the child's flair lies... At the early stage, surrounding such a  child with readymade or improvised percussion toys/instruments would really be helpful...🙏 Kindly watch your children closely, you'd see what they've got natural ability (talent) for. Help them get professional tutoring in that direction in good time and you'll be doing a greater good for them & our world.      -  -  - - From one cool dad to another.

Play. .

We teach music professionally with such an ever-improving blend of fun, play, apt moral lessons, technology, applications, practical platforms, teamworks & a demystified methodology carefully formulated for children & adults with a youthful heart... 

Come have a taste @ the SMS (Summer Music School with discounted tuition rate) holding at Liberty Stadium, Ibadan-Nigeria from August 2 to August 30, 2019. Enquiry hotlines: 08115602679, 08036450918.  CMA.💃⛷🎻⚽😀

Parental Influence

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Jessie_cantando performing Old_MacDonald” to the style of Whitney Houston's rendition of “I_Will_Always_Love_You”😂

Summer Music School @ Liberty Stadium

Join the fun musical ride this Summer at Liberty Stadium.
Training will revolve around one major musical instrument of your choice...
Musical instruments to choose from include:
The bass guitar, lead guitar, piano, drums, voice, violin...

Other activities include:
√ indoor and outdoor sports/games (taking advantage of the secured access to the stadium facility in which the academy is domiciled)
√ musical computer games
√ Sight playing and playing by improvisation approaches to learning a chosen instrument are employed such that transferring or adapting knowledge acquired to play other musical instruments overtime is easily achievable.
√ recital/musical concert summer party at the end of the program is in plan as well for it's enormous benefits...
Training schedule:
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays by 10am,
from August 2nd - 30th, 2019.
 Ages : 4 & above...
Simplified enriching child friendly musical training your child/ward will thank you for.

There’s nothing quite like picking up a guitar and strumming out some chords. Listening to someone playing the guitar can be mesmerising, it can evoke emotion and a good guitar riff can bring out the best of a song. Many guitar players find a soothing, meditative quality to playing, along with the essence of creating music or busting out an acoustic version of their favourite song. But how does playing the guitar affect the brain?

More and more scientific studies have been looking into how people who play the guitar have different brain functions compared to those who don’t. What they found was quite astonishing and backed up what many guitarists may instinctively know deep down.

Guitar Players’ Brains Can Synchronise

You didn’t read that wrong! Yes, a 2012 study[1] was conducted in Berlin that looked at the brains of guitar players. The researchers took 12 pairs of players and got them to play the same piece of music while having their brains scanned.

During the experiment, they found something extraordinary happening to each pair of participants – their brains were synchronising with each other. So what does this mean? Well, the neural networks found in the areas of the brain associated with social cognition and music production were most activated when the participants were playing their instruments. In other words, their ability to connect with each other while playing music was exceptionally strong.

A cross section of CMA students practicing...
Mastery is best nurtured through diligent practice.

Learn how to play the piano & other musical instruments with the much needed techniques & vibes at the July/August Summer Music Program. Venue: Liberty Stadium, Ibadan.
For enquiry, please call or WhatsApp 08036450918/08115602679
or visit www.collsmusicacademy.blogspot.com
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How to Prepare For a Stage Performance

1. Learn your lines. Practice makes perfect, so think of learning your lines as studying for a test that if you fail everyone knows and you can not take it again. Use a highlighter to make your lines jump off the page. When studying, say the words out loud. Have a friend run your lines with you when you're not in rehearsal.

2. Learn your song. Singing memorization is just as important as dialogue. Lyrics can be tricky. Study and go over them as much as possible. Sing in the mirror so you can see what you look like while singing, this helps correct any mistakes you may or may not have made.Learn your notes and harmonies as well. Even if you know your lyrics, it won't sound as good unless you get the notes right.

3. Practice any dancing. You must have the patience and time' to work at it everyday. Take your time and learn the steps the right way first so you do not have to go back and slow everyone else down.

4. Decide how you want to affect the person you are talking to (or singing to) with your lines. Do you want to charm them, offend them, destroy them, etc.? This is called an objective and may change as you go through the rehearsal process and discover new things about the piece.

5. Always make a strong choice about your character. In other words, I "kind of" love the other person is a weak choice. I'm crazy about the other person is a strong choice. Ambiguity does not work on stage. Remember to exaggerate all character choices so that the story and your character come across clearly.

6. Next is blocking. This means learning where you are and where you have to go during a scene. In any play you've got to know what's going on around you so you can hear your cue to give a line or move in the scene.

7. On the night of the performance everyone is always nervous - it's a sign of sanity! Besides, being too relaxed and over-confident can hurt your performance

Orison live band rehearsal @ CMA

COLLS Music Academy is a specialized music academy located inside Liberty Stadium - Manual Scoreboard Building (Gate J), Ibadan. We offer the following services:
1. Professional music certificate courses/programs as thus:
A. 3 months Basic Certificate Program (BCP/Grade1)
B. 6 months Intermediate Certificate Program (ICP/Grade 2)
C. 9 months Advanced Certificate Program (ACP/Grade 3)
D. 2 years Professional Diploma  (Grade 1-5 scope of ABRSM London Standard)...
For each of the aforementioned programs, a prospective student is expected to choose one musical instrument or voice training as a "Major" to specialize on, in addition to General/relevant/marketable Music studies.

2. Presentation & Preparation for CMA affiliate examination bodies:  Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) London Graded Professional Exams and Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) School of Music Graded Professional Exams Grade 1-8...

3.  Live Room Rehearsal Studio for Live band & students' rehearsals


Thank you.


Best regards,


COLLS Music Academy,
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan-Nigeria.

Congratulations to CMA Music Diploma student - Praise Ibuoye for emerging as one of the winners at the CLAM Festival music competition hosted by American Christian Academy.
Praise also got the rare privilege of performing as a guest concert pianist at the grand evening show tagged "Unity in Diversity"...

Music quotes

Chords, accompaniment, modes & how they communicate certain moods:
 understanding the intended/associated mood a song seeks to express guides in appropriately applying chords in musical measures...
As an accompanist or musician, It's advisable not to disconnect yourself from the lyrics/emotion of the song. Catch the spirit of the song and set it on fire expressively on the right temperature.😁
 Next time, you're rehearsing with your band or choir, it won't harm if you  as an instrumentalist (musician) learn/internalize the lyrics, sing along the melody & appreciate the notes of the vocal parts as they try to unleash the mood/message therein; then you're better positioned to bring on matching chords, licks, spirito....

Learn the meaning of each chord, the feelings they exude and make it count! Stop jamming too many chords without meaning! Let it be that when you mute the vocals, your accompaniment can still deliver the mood/feelings of the song aright!

 Joseph Adeleye

Live Rehearsal Studio Update

CMA - one family

photos @ work

Benefits of Playing the Piano

  by Brandi Hand

We could talk to you about the thousands of reasons we love playing the piano and why it benefits our lives, but let’s face it, we’re a little biased! There are actually scientifically proven benefits to playing the piano. Here are a few:

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Stress Relief

Studies show that playing the piano improves mental health. People who play the piano tend to experience less anxiety and depression than their nonmusical counterparts. Playing for a few minutes a day can improve self-esteem, make you feel more positive, and can lower your blood pressure.

FUN FACT: Piano lessons and playing are a common form of therapy used for ADD.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Split Concentration

Split concentration, also called divided attention, is an integral part of playing the piano, which helps sharpen your concentration skills. To play the piano, one must use both hands, read music, listen to the notes you’re playing, and work the pedals. That’s a lot to do at once! Once you become adept at using split concentration at the piano, you will find your multitasking skills in the outside world also greatly improve.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: It’s easy to play!

Unlike other instruments, the piano is easy to play. (it really is!) There is no physical pain involved with learning to play the piano. When new to the guitar, one must build up calluses on the fingers, and when learning to play a brass or woodwind instrument, one must learn how to use your facial muscles and lips to produce sound. Both are often painful and can dissuade otherwise enthusiastic students from continuing to learn. To play the piano, all you have to do is sit, and press down a key.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury. In simpler terms, neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change form and function specifically when stimulated by physical activity.

Playing the piano changes the brain in a positive way! Studies show that music stimulates the brain in a way no other activity does. While playing a piece on the piano, you are adding new neural connections, which primes your brain for other forms of communication. So while you think you are just working on a particularly tough piano piece, you are also improving your memory, attention, speech, language, spatial and math skills, and even the ability to vocally convey emotions. 

FUN FACT: Practicing music at an early age can make structural changes to the brain that stay with you for the rest of your life.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Improved Test Scores / School Performance

Grade school students who take piano lessons have better general and spatial cognitive development than students who do not take lessons. Middle and high school students scored much higher on standardized tests than if they were involved in instrumental music. Took music lessons as a child? Good news! You’ll be better able to retain information in your college lectures.

In an increasingly frenetic world, it is more important than ever to be able to focus. Playing the piano has been proven to help improve concentration, which helps in every area of life.

University studies conducted in Georgia and Texas found significant correlations between the number of years of instrumental music instruction and academic achievement in math, science and language arts. (University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent)

FUN FACT: Children who study the piano for two years or more can remember 20% more vocabulary words than their peers.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: It’s good for your physical health

Regular piano playing offers different physical and physiological advantages to players. It sharpens fine motor skills, improves dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Music has also been shown to reduce heart and respiratory rates, cardiac complications, and to lower blood pressure and increase immune response. Playing the piano also makes your hands and arm muscles much stronger than the average person.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Improved Aural Awareness

Do you have a naturally musical ear, or are you tone deaf? Playing the piano can improve your overall aural awareness no matter where you fall in this range. Playing the piano trains you to recognize tones, intervals, and chords as well as helping you to develop a sense of pitch. And it doesn’t matter how young or old you start! No matter your age, playing the piano and taking piano lessons helps to improve your aural awareness.

Is aural awareness important anywhere other than music? Yes! Good aural awareness makes it easier to identify and understand sound patterns of foreign languages, can fight dyslexia while it is still developing, and can help you if you have trouble hearing when there is a lot of background noise.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Human Growth Hormones (HgH)

(From WebMd) Human growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland. It triggers growth in children and adolescents. It also helps to regulate body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth, sugar and fat metabolism, and possibly heart function.

Studies show that students who take piano lessons had increased levels of HgH in their system. This is a positive side effect of taking piano lessons because growth hormones help keep energy levels up and prevent aches and pains in old age.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Constructive Criticism

Students of the piano get lots of positive feedback as well as constructive criticism from their teachers. Receiving criticism is never fun, but when offered gently and in small increments over time, it prepares the student to accept feedback in a positive way. This ability to respond to, and learn from, criticism carries over to other aspects of daily life, such as school, work, and relationships.

Benefits of Playing the Piano: Live a More Beautiful Life

Ok, this benefit is definitely more subjective than the others, but hear us out! Music is incredibly powerful, and piano music, in particular, can bring out strong emotions in both the listener and player. The piano was designed to reflect human emotion and feeling, so it’s no wonder that people react strongly with joy, sorrow, and wonder. 

And the wonderful thing about piano music is that you can share it with your family and friends! Music is a language that crosses all barriers of age, ethnicity, etc. It is a wonderful way of bringing together the larger community, as well as smaller groups of family and friends.

Source: https://www.pianoemporium.com/10-benefits-playing-piano/

Academic Benefits of Music Lessons for Children

At a glance...

1. Relationship between music and intelligence
2. Jamming versus reading
3. Music and speech
4. Importance of active participation
5. Patience, diligence and discipline

By Ze
Source: https://www.libertyparkmusic.com/academic-benefits-music-lessons-children/

Benefits of Learning Music

At a glance...

1. Better health
2. Improved cognitive functions
3. Make new friends
4. Builds confidence
5. Trains discipline and patience
6. Enhances creativity
7. Connect with others better
8. Builds teamwork
9. Relieves stress
10. Fun

By Brandon

"Music… can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable". Leonard Bernstein