Musical Minds is a NOVA

NOVA (TV series)

Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...

 documentary based on neurologist Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE , is a British neurologist and psychologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist...

's 2007 book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain is a 2007 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks about music and the human brain. The book was released on October 16, 2007 and published by Knopf....

 about music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 and the human brain

Human brain

The human brain has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times larger than the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size. Estimates for the number of neurons in the human brain range from 80 to 120 billion...

 aired on June 30, 2009 on Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service

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 (PBS).

The documentary features blind piano savant

Savant

Savant may refer to:* An expert or wise person* Savant syndrome* Marilyn vos Savant* Savant publications* Doug SavantIn popular culture:* Characters in the Noble Warriors Trilogy...

 Derek Paravicini

Derek Paravicini

Derek Paravicini is a blind English autistic savant and a musical prodigy. He lives in Surrey.-Biography:Paravicini was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks . His blindness was caused by oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit...

, Matt Giordano

Matt Giordano

Matthew Victor Giordano is an American football safety for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.Giordano earned a Super Bowl ring with the Colts in Super...

 and Tony Cicoria

Tony Cicoria

Anthony Cicoria, Md, PLLC, , is a doctor specializing in orthopedic medicine, orthopedic surgery, orthotics, prosthetic supplies, and sports medicine. He is best known for acquiring an unusual affinity for music after being struck by lightning...

.

Musical Minds the music education company was founded in California in 2001 as the brainchild of Warren Mendes, and has been in operation in several western states ever since. The organization now offers after school programs in more than 40 school districts, and are rumored to have an international franchise program in the works. The company employs a teaching methodology which incorporates unique musical learning tools that impact the spatial temporal learning abilities of it's participants.

External links

• Official website PBS
• Our Brains on Music: The Science The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  TV review June 29. 2009.
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