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Can classical music be cool ?

“Classical music is not only competing with more modern musical genres, but with its own reputation: that of being exclusive to educated, white, middle-aged, and middle-class people,” according to the […]

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A futuristic concert hall

Based in Brooklyn, National Sawdust is devoted to arts promotion in a forward thinking way. The design group now has a new building dedicated to performing arts, called Bureau V. […]

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Jukely : the Netflix of Concerts

Created in New York, a Jukely’s subscription offers access to free concerts, some exclusively to members. The application gives the user a list of concerts in his area and allows […]

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A library dedicated to loaning musical instruments

What if borrowing musical instruments was as simple as borrowing books? Based in Kingston, a pilot project named Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library lends 5000 instruments a year, […]

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An open door toward opera

Opera composer and blogger Nell Shaw Cohen tells how opera DVDs helped her become an opera lover. The medium of the DVD seemed immediately convenient to her, considering opera concerts […]

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Can a concert environment promote active listening from audiences?

Before entering the concert hall, the audience must put their technological devices in a case. Then, they are invited to sit in the hall 30 minutes before the concert starts, […]

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Listening to music to regulate your mood, an unconscious action ?

  Listening to music can help us avoid unwanted emotions, find refuge and comfort, or discharge our anger or sadness. Indeed, music plays a role in mood regulation. The musical […]

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Concert experience lived virtually

With this new technological helmet, it is now possible to play alongside musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. All you have to do to try out this helmet is […]

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If everyone on the internet gets involved, can we generate the next hit?

The project crowdsound invites people to help construct the next pop song by voting on the notes of the melody. Chords and popular song structure are already in place – […]

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Contemporary music has more than one trick in its “handbag”?

Believe it or not, composer David Lang has composed the piece “optimism,” broadcast through a handbag. The bag’s normal function now also contains the beauty of creativity via contemporary music. […]

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