In the Media.
Piano Teaching Success Podcast
Dr Anita Collins joins Gillian Erskine and Paul Myatt on the Piano Teaching Success Podcast to discuss how digital disruption is changing the way children think, learn and connect. The conversation explores why music learning is more important than ever for developing attention, emotional regulation and human skills in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Words Grown Minds Podcast
In this episode, Kate and Amelia speak with Dr Anita Collins, award-winning music educator, and author of The Music Advantage, about the powerful role music learning plays in early brain development. Anita explains how music supports language, cognition, emotional growth, and learning readiness, while also sharing practical ways parents can confidently bring more music into everyday family life.
Music Teacher Magazine meets Anita Collins
Anita Collins shares how the new BeatRead Insights tool uses rhythm and beat based music learning to support early literacy and inform teaching practice across music education settings.
Your Brain on String Learning in Jesta
Discover how brain science explains the unique challenges and benefits of learning a string instrument, through an invited article written for the European String Teachers Association (UK).
How Music Primes the Brain for Learning
This article explores how music education enhances learning, boosting language, reading, memory, and social skills—while highlighting the need for equal access in schools.
Research shows music is the key to better writing outcomes in primary school
New research shows that music education improves writing and grammar outcomes in primary school students. Dr Anita Collins highlights the science linking music and literacy.
A music-led Tasmanian education revolution
Dr Anita Collins highlights how neuroscience and education research support Tasmania’s music-led education revolution, showing why every child needs access to music learning.
Decline in live music at weddings and funerals linked to cost of living crisis, dwindling music education
Live music at weddings and funerals is in decline, with cost-of-living pressures and reduced music education access at the heart of the issue. Dr Anita Collins reflects on what this means for communities.