Photo : Percussions et danse de Bruno Bouché au Palais Garnier par des musiciens et des danseurs de l’Opéra national de Paris The symbiotic combination of dance and minimalist music […]
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Why are Stradivarius violins so exceptional ?
Photo : courtoisie des chercheurs This technical article examines structural factors that influence the quality of a violin. For example, elongated f-holes make a violin sound better. Another factor is […]
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A summer itinerary of contemporary music
Photo : R.R. Jones/Cabrillo Festival Are you making a trip this summer? If so, journalist Tom Huizenga has prepared a list of contemporary music festival you must attend. […]
Music influences wine tasting
If you believe the only factor in wine tasting is the chemicals on your taste buds, you’re in for a surprise! According to this article, the music playing while tasting […]
Harmony project
To counter school dropout rates, the non-profit organization Harmony Project has been created in the poorest neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The project promotes learning music as a way to increase […]
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Education : with or without arts learning ?
Floride University recently published this infographic where we clearly see that learning arts helps to develop skills that could not be obtained through scientific learning alone. Students aptitudes in the […]
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Audience simulator
To help music students counter stage fright, the Royal College of Music based in London have created an audience simulator. Using a big screen, in shows people gradually take a seat in […]
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Practice better in 8 steps
Robert Duke from Texas University studied high levels pianists who had to learn three mesures of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 1. Discover the conclusions of the study here ! […]
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Listening to music is good for the heart (literally)
Journalist Tom Jacobs brings up a Greek study that determined heart health is increased by daily music listening. Interestingly, the positive effect of the music depends on how much the […]
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LiveLab : experimenting with audiences
LiveLab is more than a concert hall. Equipped with neuronal sensors that can monitor the cerebral activity of up to 32 people, as well as movement detectors, which means this […]
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