James Bennett II

The vast majority of us have vocal chords, so we kind of owe it to ourselves to see them at work at least once, right?

Yoann Bourgeois’ delicate dance adds new depth to the Debussy classic.

A video of a dog with an unnaturally high wail made his way around the Internet, and it was only a matter of time before someone gave it the musical treatment.

It’s been used as musical shorthand for all things Italy in countless commercials and television shows. But what’s that song actually called? How did it become a stereotype?

Nejc Kuhar decided to take a different route when sharing one of his compositions — he shot a video of himself writing the score in time with the music.

Upcoming camping trip fall through? Struggling to get through work as summer beckons from your window? No worries; make a vicarious escape to the outdoors with these gorgeous videos.

Note: Don’t show up on a penguin colony’s doorstep and try to wow them with your vocal skills.

An SMU and UCLA study suggests there’s a strong correlation between how we experience music and how we empathize with those around us.

Blind auditions increase the likelihood that a female musician will be hired by 30%. But fair treatment isn’t always a given.

The slow-motion footage was shot during a performance of Wieniawski’s Scherzo Tarantelle … and still looks pretty fast.

Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures” might be the most famous, but Mikhail Tushmalov did it first, more than 30 years earlier.

No matter who you’re rooting for on Sunday, we’ve got a short playlist that will capture the drama.

The Incredibles movies are nothing without their nostalgia-tinted big band scores. Take a look behind the magic with this footage from an Incredibles 2 scoring session.

The conductor and a musician don’t see eye-to-eye in this rehearsal of Elgar’s “Enigma Variations.”

Musicologist and double bassist John Varney has a new way of visualizing rhythm.

A lot of composers pursue formal musical education to help them on their artistic journeys. Here are six who didn’t.

Rockland Symphony Orchestra founder Ed Simons lived to 101, and was the oldest active conductor at the time of his death. Here’s what he had to say about the power of music.

"Yankee Doodle" is as American as apple pie. No surprise, then, that composers on both sides of the Atlantic have referenced it for centuries.

During a quick chat with the composer and pianist, he told us, among other things, why he’d choose the striking Stravinsky for a global must-listen.

Nils Lindberg was so incredibly moved by 'A Love Supreme' that he created his own choral version, which incorporates elements of the Coltrane classic.