In music performance, can you improvise or not?
The brain shows differential electrical activity between musicians who can improvise and those who, well, can’t. Like me.
Performing Arts
From Piasa to the parade in Washington
The National Independence Day Parade in Washington brought high school bands from CA, AR, WI, MN, IL, NC, FL, PA, NY, NH, GA, TX.
Plants work their terrible will in Aberdeen
A production of Little Shop of Horrors at Aberdeen HS is timely and makes us reflect on social media & current affairs.
Student-led Cymbeline a success at Uni High
A Shakespearean tragedy that isn’t performed quite as often as some of his other plays was a success in Normal, IL.
Maybe now this prayer’s the last one of its kind
Annie closed last weekend in Reisterstown, Md., singing a hopeful message even through dark times and a hard life.
Putnam spellers & Md. students head to Washington
The school safety or gun control issue can’t even stay away from a musical about a spelling bee on a high school stage in Maryland.
Liberty brings a whole community under the sea
Liberty H.S. in Md. shows how much a community can be counted on to provide support for schools, esp. in music & the arts.
Stoneman Douglas band plays Carnegie Hall
The wind symphony from Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS performed on the stage at Carnegie Hall in NYC Tuesday, moving forward.
Students step into the gun debate with a song
Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS have composed an original song promising to stand tall forever and “shine.”
‘Wow’ comes up short for an 11-school dance concert
A dance concert celebrates the art form while bringing together students from schools that sometimes compete.