It's 'really good for the brain': School offers new music course

Students at a school in Carroll County will have the option to learn piano when they return to school Wednesday.

A volunteer donated 26 keyboard pianos to the music department of Whitesburg Elementary school.

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The students already attend STEM, physical education and music every week. Now, they will have an opportunity to go to piano lab.

Music teacher Troy Walburn will be introducing his fourth and fifth graders to the piano with a new 45-minute course at The Alton and Opal McWhorter Music Center this year.

Linda McWhorter donated the $31,000 worth of keyboards.

She said she hopes it will be a confidence booster and encourage students to dream big.

“The possibilities are endless,” McWhorter said.

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