About Kevin Tuck

Kevin Tuck holds a Master of Music and has maintained a keen interest in music education research — particularly questions of methodology, evidence quality, and what the research does and doesn’t actually prove — ever since his postgraduate studies. He is a performing musician with over 30 years of experience visiting schools across Australia, from large metropolitan private schools to small remote community schools in Western Australia and Queensland. That breadth of first-hand observation — across schools with thriving music programs and schools with almost none — informs how he reads the research. Kevin is the co-founder of Fun Music Company, which has supported more than 12,000 music teachers across 149 countries over two decades.

The Research Behind Primary School Music Education: What the Evidence Actually Says

The Research Behind Primary School Music Education: What the Evidence Actually Says If you spend any time in conversations about music education, you will encounter two recurring claims made with great confidence by people on opposite sides of the debate. The first: music education makes children smarter. It improves reading, boosts mathematical ability,

The Research Behind Primary School Music Education: What the Evidence Actually Says2026-05-08T02:24:22+00:00

Music and the Brain: What the Neuroscience Shows

Music and the Brain: What the Neuroscience Actually Shows This article was originally published in May 2012 and has been substantially revised in May 2026. The original version drew on the left brain/right brain framework that was widely used in popular science writing at the time. Since then, neuroscience research

Music and the Brain: What the Neuroscience Shows2026-05-08T04:24:12+00:00
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