Practicing music is a microcosm of life itself. We can observe how we experience and live our musical life in direct comparison to how we live our everyday life. How we deal with the ups and downs of ...

Every time I hear Jacqueline du Pré play the Elgar Cello Sonata, I am moved to tears. The credit for my tears go to both du Pre and Edward Elgar-Elgar for composing such a masterpiece, and du Pré for ...

Music practice and education constitute a dynamic field that intersects performance, pedagogy and cognitive science. Traditionally grounded in rigorous training routines, the discipline has ...

TO MASTER the violin takes 10,000 hours of practice. Put in that time and expertise will follow. This, at least, is what many music teachers—following Malcolm Gladwell’s prescription for achieving ...

Your child begs and pleads to play the piano, the violin, [insert instrument]. So, you rent one and you sign her up for lessons. A week passes and she practices daily. Then it dwindles until it stops ...

Music is often referred to as a “universal language” — one that transcends the difference of spoken language and unites us in our shared humanity. This universality extends beyond our common love of ...

Very few people will say they never listen to music. It's a popular, powerful and unifying art form. According to musician, music education and choral singing teacher and ensemble director Emmanuel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. “A completed music room was always on my husband’s list to ...

Shawn Mendes offered fans a glimpse at the musical exercise he’s embraced during moments of “extreme anxiety or fear” over the past year. The singer-songwriter shared a clip on Instagram of him ...