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Typography
fromNature
1 week ago

Why it's hard to guess the high note

Judging musical tones and observing colourful rings around the Sun present unique challenges.
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Even Beyonce is still learning': 10 expert tips on how to become more musical

Music can be learned at any age, and choosing an instrument should be based on personal connection and ease of learning.
#sound-healing
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A moment that changed me: I was planning to be a musician then I had my ears syringed

Sudden hearing loss and distorted sound perception following ear treatment led to a diagnosis of degenerative hearing loss that fundamentally altered a music student's life and career aspirations.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Yuval Sharon Reimagines the Canon

Director Yuval Sharon modernizes classic operas by presenting them in contemporary contexts rather than preserving traditional interpretations, as exemplified by his innovative stagings of Wagner and Monteverdi works.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

Lend your voice to something meaningful: March choral previews, part two * Oregon ArtsWatch

PLC announces the retirement of its Artistic Director, Mary McCarty, following 11 years of inspired leadership and artistic excellence.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

The stone of winter rolled away: March choral previews, part one * Oregon ArtsWatch

Alexander Lingas concludes 35 years as Music Director of Cappella Romana, transitioning to Music Director Emeritus to focus on scholarship and theological education while the choir searches for his successor.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Vocal Resistance at the New York Festival of Song

We began in the world that was-in the humid atmosphere of fin-de-siècle Vienna, from which Zemlinsky, Schreker, and Schoenberg emerged. In a program note, Blier wrote that the "Fugitives" concept was inspired by Zemlinsky's "Meeraugen," or "Sea Eyes," which tells of a "person staring into the roiling abyss of the ocean." You had the feeling, as the evening went on, that the crushing realities of twentieth-century history-war, revolution, inflation, the Depression, Fascism-made such refined aestheticism untenable and forced composers onto other paths.
Music
fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

Is yodelling the wackiest wellness trend of 2026?

There is a specific high that comes with outrunning your own limiting beliefs - a chase that has previously landed me in an Austrian fasting clinic, on a half-marathon start line in Madrid, and sitting ten days of silent meditation in the English countryside. But even I, a glutton for punishingly offbeat wellness trends, would have laughed you out of the juice bar had you told me a year ago that I'd soon be yodelling my way to self-improvement.
Wellness
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Cappella Romana founder Alexander Lingas passes the torch * Oregon ArtsWatch

A graduate student organized a benefit concert of diverse sacred and early music to raise funds for rebuilding San Francisco's damaged Greek Orthodox cathedral.
SF music
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale: "Baroque Garlands" Live (Stanford)

Handel's Dixit Dominus and Rameau's La Guirlande performed on period instruments recreate theatrical 18th-century sacred and dance music in Baroque Garlands concerts Feb 6–8, 2026.
Music
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Engage Actively With Music to Reap Its Greatest Benefits

The ukulele is an accessible, increasingly popular instrument that people of nearly any age and skill level can learn and play in local clubs.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

The new treatment giving people their voices back

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections into scarred vocal cords can promote regeneration, improve voice projection, and offer a potentially cheaper, longer-lasting treatment for vocal damage.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

People could hear me at last': how an Italian singer lost her voice and found it again by screaming

Stefania Pedretti lost her voice after encephalitis and psychogenic dysphonia, then used returning to intense band rehearsals and roaring to help restore vocal function.
#choral-music
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Josh Groban looks back: Music became a liability to my mental health'

Josh Groban, born 1981 in Los Angeles, is a singer-songwriter and actor whose 2001 debut went five-times platinum; he has sold over 25 million albums.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Anthems, agency and arias: baritone Davone Tines on rewriting his role and the rules

Davone Tines electrifies classical performance, redefining singing through genre-crossing artistry, philosophical intellect, and major international awards.
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