Brides and grooms plan their weddings months and even years in advance, making sure they have the right colors, the right venue, and the right music for the first dance.


The four most controversial pieces of wedding music

Walking into a classroom, one finds a piano, a board with staves, and posters of composers and instruments. That classroom is the stereotypical music room found in American public schools. But will those items suffice in 21st century music education classes? Will music classrooms only need a computer? Classrooms around the country are homes to … Continue reading Has Digital Technology Conquered the Music Room? →


Has Digital Technology Conquered the Music Room?

Scientists have found that music can reduce sympathetic nervous system activity; decrease anxiety, blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate; and possibly have positive effects on sleep in regards to muscle relaxation and distraction from vexing thoughts.


The science of sleep: How relaxing music works

Have you ever wondered what composers and works are most frequently performed? Since 2000, the League of American Orchestras — publisher of Symphony Magazine — has collaborated with Fine Arts Software to keep tabs on what's being programmed in American symphonic concert halls.


Which composers are most frequently performed?

How would the orchestra's shutdown affect the Milwaukee community, a community that's recently lost its classical music station? It would have a domino effect on entertainment and music education.


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