Is it possible that actors are moving into a musical theater marketplace where being a triple-threat (actor/singer/dancer) isn’t enough? One music director thinks so. Dr. Justin Cowan, a conductor, ...

I slammed the car door shut. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I aggressively threw my piano books everywhere. “I don’t want to do piano anymore,” I cried to my mom. After three years of playing piano, ...

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and Lou Reed have a lot in common. Aside from the fact that they’ve all helped cement rock and roll as a mainstream musical genre, ...

Most people who are musically active as listeners and concertgoers possess little skill as music-makers themselves. Very aware of this divergence, many express regret at not learning more about music ...

Jimmy Page earned his title as a guitar legend with his work in Led Zeppelin. He played incendiary solos, of course, but also created riffs that almost spoke to the listener, including some that took ...

But the role of time and deliberate practice in music is not so clear when we look beyond the top levels of elite performers to consider musicians who are still in the process of mastering their ...

It's one of those common movie stereotypes: In a rock band, the lead singer/guitarist is presumably the leader, the keyboardist is the smart one, the bass player is the bad boy, and the drummer is the ...

While the new study supports the idea that an early start is associated with higher levels of musical skills and achievement in adulthood, the underlying reasons for this may have more to do with ...

Is there, as some have suggested, a developmental period early in life when the brain is especially receptive to musical training? The answer, according to new research, is probably not. Among the ...