This study focused on listeners' (N = 66 undergraduate and graduate music education majors) ability to identify nuances of musical expression using figurative language and specific music terminology.

In an era where stress and anxiety are at an all-time high, music emerges as a powerful tool for emotional resilience. Its ability to provide comfort, lift spirits, and bring solace to those ...

Music has been used as a transformative to tool for thousands of years and has now been proven to be an effective treatment modality for many of life's challenges while promoting wellness for all ages ...

In the opera Sing the Body Electric! A Corporatorio, artists from the disciplines of opera, dance and the development of new musical instruments collaborated to create an onstage fusion of different ...

Albert Einstein's mother was a talented musician who made musical expression a part of daily home life when her children were growing up. Albert Einstein began playing the violin when he was 6 years ...

Willow Smith, the talented offspring of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, has been a figure of interest since her breakout hit “Whip My Hair” at the tender age of 9. Yet, her decision to shave her ...

What do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Sherlock Holmes all have in common? If you answered that they’re all famous thinkers, even geniuses, you would be right – but did you know that they all ...

Most people know a conductor stands at a podium and waves a stick to keep an ensemble in time. But what exactly does a conductor do? UC Davis Concert Band Director Pete Nowlen said he has three main ...