A new study shows that music changes brain activity during eye contact, helping people feel more connected and socially engaged.

The Cleveland Institute of Music has appointed M. Jerome Bell as Assistant Professor of Music Theory. Bell’s research focuses on gospel music analysis, pedagogy, and contemporary theory approaches.

At least one secret, anyway! Upper structure triads are the best way I know to convey a huge amount of information in a very concise way. Jazz harmony might just become much more manageable for you if ...

These chord progressions are incredibly simple and easy to play, and they come straight from massive classic rock hits.

Harmonious chord progressions strengthen neural activity in social brain regions during face-to-face interaction, promoting biological bonding.

Tammi Carlson has been playing and teaching the flute for nearly three decades at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.

When neuroscientist and musician AZA Allsop discovered research by his Yale colleague Joy Hirsch about how group drumming and musical interaction can affect social behavior, he knew there was a ...

Before he was weaving spare effects into intricate, unpredictable compositions, Daniel Lopatin—the electronic artist, producer, and composer better known as Oneohtrix Point Never —was a latchkey kid ...

What has come to be known as the American sound in classical music composition–galloping tempos, catchy jazz inflected ...

PITTSBURGH, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an inventive new tool to help teach and learn music theory," said an inventor, from North ...

Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not. Kara Talve (left) and Anze Rozman, who are married to each other, collaborating on a composition at Bleeding Fingers ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...