The MusicForte concept is truly unprecedented and we would really love to have you with us on the success of this program. There is still plenty of time to join MusicForte as an OWL member, before corporate and leader campaigns get started in force. Remember, MusicForte is a brand new online program and as an […]

Most of Beethovens masterpieces were composed while he was deaf. He had inside him music that would not be stilled by lifes circumstances. His music triumphed over suffering.
The last movement of the Ninth Symphony is choral music Beethoven set to Friedrich von Schillers poem Ode to Joy. Beethoven believed this poem celebrated the brotherhood of […]

Editor of EQ Magazine to Speak at Indie Music Week
Nashville, Tennessee - Indie Music Week has announced that Mitch Gallagher, Editor of EQ Magazine, will be participating as an Indie Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, […]

Some of < ?xml:namespace prefix = u1 />America’s best-loved music wasn’t written in this country. Two different songs were considered to be the national anthem. One flag-waving tune took 20 years to compose.

Some of < ?xml:namespace prefix = u1 />America’s best-loved music wasn’t written in this country. Two different songs were considered to be […]

Despite serious reductions in funding for arts programs in public schools, there is a great need for studying music. Band, orchestra, and choir all offer students a chance to work together in a social and intellectual group setting and excel at complex tasks.
The trick for parents is to enroll their children in high quality programs […]

His name was Kung Tsu Chen. He was a Chinese poet in 1847 when he described a rare but very real phenomenon now known as musicogenic epilepsy. With musicogenic epilepsy, the individual suffers from brain seizures that are triggered by music, and in his case a very specific kind of music. You see, Kung Tsu […]

This might be a time of year where youre looking for, oh, some different ways to soothe, level, motivate, energize yourself and otherwise get on top of your cascading emotions. The EQ Foundation Course ( http://www.webstrategies.cc/EQcourse.htm ) emphasizes the great arts as an adjunct to Emotional Intelligence, though the not-so-great are helpful too. May we […]

Q. My children are very interested in playing music. Is there such a thing as a music quiz for kids?
A. Sure there’s such a thing as a music quiz, and you can find one right inside of your head. Just reach up there, pull it out, and put it down on paper. I’m serious. Who […]

Whether played by a marching band, an orchestra, or a rock group, there are patriotic tunes that everyone in America finds familiar, exciting and uplifting. But how much do you know about how these songs were created? And what do you know about the people who wrote them?

Whether played by a marching band, an […]

Disregard the popular image of rappers with their ghetto blasters, terrorizing neighborhoods with eardrum-splitting cacophony. Consider instead our delightful school bands and orchestras and ponder on whether those students might be becoming our best future citizens.
Unlikely as it may seem, recent scientific research suggests this hypothesis might actually be true. It appears studying music can, […]