Maya Angelou (Dr.), guest speaker at the AMS 2007 conference spoke of the importance of courage. She believes that courage is the most important of all virtues, because "without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

Maureen Harris (M.Ed.), workshop clinician at the AMS 2007 conference spoke to the issue of preparing our children of today to be successful citizens of the future. She outlines why music is important to learning, and provides excellent suggetions for launching and sustaining a musical influence in the lives of children.
Harris speaks of the recent research findings indicating that children in music enriched Montessori programs score above the 90th percentile in mathematics performance. Find out more about this research and its measured program, Montessori Mozarts, which incorporates leading approaches to early childhood music and movement. Learn how easy it is to bring Montessori Mozarts to your school with a practical and sequential approach to teaching methods and skill-based activities.