Can listening to Mozart make your child smarter? There are plenty of recordings on the market which claim precisely that.

But is there any scientific evidence to support these claims? And what is the role that music can play in schools?

These are the starting points for the final part of this series. Jane Hanson examines the latest controlled studies from Hong Kong which show a causal relationship between musical training and our ability to retain verbal information in the short-term.

She talks to teachers and children from the US, South Africa, India and the UK about their views on the role of music in the classroom.

Hanson also looks at the use of music in prisons, why big corporations such as the oil giant BP and leading law firm Lovells pay for special singing workshops for their staff, and how the Tomatis method can help autistic children, famous actors and anyone starting to learn a new language.

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The Mozart Effect
The Tomatis Method
The Voices Foundation
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