Reading the stave/staff and understanding pitch. You can think of music notation as being a little bit like an X/Y graph; ...

Like any other industry, there are titans in music. These once-in-a-lifetime artists help shift the musical landscape across ...

The collaboration between Ruark Audio and Fred Perry has resulted in a stunning reimagining of the award-winning MR1 ...

Jones’ skill at using arrangement as a storytelling device was exemplified by his collaboration with Michael Jackson.

There's no doubt it's fun to get together with friends and family and catch up on one another's lives during the holidays.

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to ...

Quincy Jones has been one of the most influential, behind-the-scenes figures in my life, a man I knew of but never fully appreciated until recently. His philosophy on music distills down to a simple ...

Arrangement transforms a song from notes on paper into a fully realized piece of art that resonates with listeners. In essence, an arranger acts as a musical architect, designing the structure of a ...

In the early '60s, Riley was among a cohort of free-thinking West Coast musicians experimenting with music, especially tape ...

Students in a fall Illustration studio called Picturing Sound are discovering fresh approaches to ideation and process ...

filling me with a security and comfort that is not often found in music today. In an homage to his album titled “12 Notes,” Benjamin decided to write a few notes on stage between songs.

Set in the 17th century, the play by Jen Silverman is on stage at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland. Differing reactions are likely to arise in folks after seeing the season-opening production ...