Kaichiro Kitamura is a human beat box. He teamed up with Australia’s renowned a capella ensemble to make some extraordinary music.
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Just as Fitzgerald’s career was taking off, jazz was under attack for its purported connection to drug culture. If she wanted to become a mainstream superstar, she needed to make a choice.
Children with difficulty singing can be labelled as ‘nonmusical’ by parents, teachers and pop culture. This toxic idea of ‘talent’ can deprive people of music’s benefits for the rest of their lives.
In the 19th century, critics and audiences thought blacks were incapable of singing as well as their white, European counterparts. Greenfield forced them to reconcile their ears with their racism.
We all need a little trip to La La Land.
From The Monkees to Mariah Carey, lip-syncers have been getting mocked for decades.
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
On the surface – and when compared to the Oscars – the 2016 Tonys looked like a groundbreaking moment for diversity in entertainment. But when it comes to inclusion, Broadway has a long way to go.
‘American Idol’ fittingly appeared nine months after 9/11 – and ends just in time for Donald Trump’s rise.
The majority of music education teachers in American schools are white, and education focuses on Western classical music. What impact does it have?
If we listen to the songs of displaced Syrians, just as we listen to the songs of victims of the Holocaust, we connect to displaced communities’ creativity, ingenuity and imagination.
The carol ‘Silent Night’ has been translated into 140 languages and renditions have been sung by everyone, from Bing Crosby to Chewbacca. This is the story behind its success.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall confronts the last taboo of the canon: Bond’s hypermasculinity.
Singing in a choir really can change your life for the better. And yes, anyone can do it
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Contemporary Singing, University of Southern Queensland
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Research Fellow, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Musicology, Stanford University
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Lecturer of Ethnomusicology and Music Management, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Music and Cultural Theory, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Music Education, Public Voices Fellow, DePaul University
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Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Bowling Green State University
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Associate Professor of German Studies, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Drama, Tufts University
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