Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

The writings and music of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) take a contemporary choral turn when conductor-composer Eric Banks leads the Esoterics through “Sybilla: The Complete Hildegard Motets of ...

For five months, jazz musician Kevin Bales recorded all the notes he played on his keyboard at eleven different live gigs. The recordings weren’t for an album, but for a scientific study into jazz ...

At 33, Jasmine Choi has been called one of the top 10 flutists in history. A child prodigy, she entered the Curtis Institute of Music on a full scholarship at 16, became an assistant principal with ...

Europop groups are increasingly sharing a global music vocabulary, adding their own madcap cosmopolitan flavor to familiar genres. Music critic John Brady profiles German group Stereo Total, The ...

One of the most common phrases concerning music used by musicians and non-musicians alike is "Music is the universal language." But what does that really mean to people? When asked, for the most part ...