How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

There’s more than a whiff of swing in the air–and on the airwaves. Will Hosie explores the resurrection of one of music’s ...

Released in the summer of 1965, Help! found The Beatles at a crossroads – caught between the screaming insanity of ...

How do we like the music that we like? The answer involves more than our brain—it also involves our body. Understanding this process is a focus of Rebecca Lepping, Ph.D., a music neuroscientist at the ...

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Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher As a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell ...

The Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School built a musical learning space for kids with autism and other students with a grant from String Theory Schools. Adam Kaddai, a kindergarten student at ...

Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is hard to master but offers an enticing reward: freedom. Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is ...

Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, directed by Jack O’Brien. Until Jan. 4 at the Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. mirvish.com ...

OpenAI is working on a new tool that would generate music based on text and audio prompts, according to a report in The Information. Such a tool could be used to add music to existing videos, or to ...

It’s axiomatic in the commercial theater that two shows always sell: “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Sound of Music.” Why? Both are beloved works of genius that are generous when it comes to human ...