“The Musical Mozinskis” by Cleveland author Susan Petrone begins with a meeting of two virtuosos, Vincent Mozinski, a jazz pianist, and Grace Klinefelter, a violinist, in a music store. Within minutes ...

Pavia, Italy - Music, particularly pieces that contain crescendos or gradual increases in volume, elicits synchronized cardiovascular and respiratory responses in young people that are similar in both ...

The Renaissance Theatre has announced the upcoming production of "Fun Home," a compelling musical that explores the intricacies of family dynamics, identity and the challenges of growing up. The show ...

Ian Anderson admitted that he stopped listening to music in the 1970s because he preferred familiarity and no longer got anything out of new music.

The pipe organ offers the opportunity to conduct psychoacoustic experiments in which the sound of a natural instrument can be perfectly steady and reproducible. This study takes advantage of the pipe ...

Researchers in Finland have found that music is perceived to have greater dynamic range in rectangular, shoebox shaped concert halls than in other types of halls. Aalto University researchers have ...

It’s a truism that the piano is an orchestra in itself -- simultaneously a melodic, harmonic and percussive instrument. And it’s not surprising that the diversity of options has resulted in some of ...

A lava lake in a crater of Kīlauea spent ten years sloshing and churning before the volcano gave a bigger belch. Kīlauea erupted dramatically in 2018. Earthquakes, ash plumes, and lava flows disrupted ...

Before its big burst in 2018, Kilauea spent ten years erupting more gently. Research gives new insights into the volcano's longstanding lava lake, one feature of this eruption. A lava lake in a crater ...

Therefore, such a concert hall shape affects perceived dynamic range even though rooms itself amplify all passages the same amount. "Dynamic expression is an inseparable part of music. For this reason ...