AIEA Music

05/15/2023

s year's Pulitzer Prize for Music:

Giddens said that the success of their opera “Omar” proves that “nobody has the lock on being a composer.”

04/11/2023

Listen to this and discover a brilliant talent (actually a pair): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oxA-eHR5ec
It is hypnotic, mesmerizing, and so beautiful. Lucinda Chua repeatedly intoning "Show me how to live this life" with yeule, a Singaporean musician.

Stream 'Something Other Than Years' here: https://lucindachua.ffm.to/somethingotherthanyearsTaken from forthcoming album 'YIAN', out 24 March via 4AD. Pre-or...

02/03/2023

Beautiful setting of Langston Hughes poem sung by Will Liverman: extraordinarily beautiful composition and performance

Will Liverman and composer/pianist Damien Sneed perform a new piece titled, “I Dream a World,” featuring powerful text written by Langston Hughes in the 1940s that…

01/03/2023

Evidence for power of Arts Education from Texas (of all places)

Large randomized test of arts education in Houston finds student behavior improves and test scores don’t suffer

01/07/2022

Wonderful analysis of this song:

Producer/Composer EDWARD BARNES takes a deep dive into the song SOMEWHERE from “West Side Story”, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ...

12/30/2021

This is so true👍

11/17/2021

What a terrific opportunity for this young musician:

🤩 This kid's got talent! Check out how he won the opportunity to open for one of the most iconic bands in classic rock history. 🎸👇

11/17/2021

Great story about young musician:

“Being in the band is like being in a family,” Dabney said.

09/29/2021

The amazing pentatonic scale:

Howard Goodall explains pentatonic music from 'How Music Works'. Examples include Swing Low, Mull of Kintyre and Whole Lotta Love

09/16/2021

Alabama Arts Education Initiative Grant Information

The Alabama Arts Education Initiative opportunity “provides grants to public schools and community organizations in order to strengthen the development and implementation of a comprehensive arts education program in the schools.”

The application deadline is Oct. 31, 2021, and funding amounts are up to $25,000. For grant application and information, contact Andy Meadows [email protected].

08/31/2021

We all have experienced the joy of singing together, even if only a puny "Happy Birthday." Now neuroscience tells us why that is true.

A new study reveals what goes on in the brain when a person embarks on a musical collaboration project.

08/25/2021

I totally agree about a noisy classroom being magic!

Sometimes building connections and community matters more than adhering stringently to all of the rules, teachers say.