These days music is often sound floating in the background rather than a focus. There's a playlist for everything: cooking, meditation, running outdoors, running indoors, even ironing. Among the most ...

Mankind and music are inextricably linked. Plato said music "gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." It is no wonder, ...

A recent research study suggests that learning music doesn't make you smarter. For parents who have been encouraging their children to take music lessons, this could be a disconcerting message, but it ...

Science rules. And it rules even harder when it explains questions in the music world. There have been studies on everything from why people hate Nickelback to what makes for good workout music to ...

Students, staff, and faculty from Harvard, as well as musicians from around the Boston area, convene every Thursday to sit shoeless on square blue cushions before large contraptions of wood and metal.

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

With a Bachelor of Music in Music Studies, you will gain the knowledge and teaching experience to continue to advanced study in school-based music education. The Music Studies and Education programs ...

The Music Research and Cultural Studies (MuRCS) Area supports the research and analysis of music in its historical, cultural, and social contexts. The area comprises musicology, ethnomusicology, music ...