After three straight years of winning the Wolverine Cup, Mr. Beat has created a dynasty with his 7th grade social studies classes at Aubry Bend. Will his overconfidence ultimately be his downfall? Find out at the 4th annual Wolverine Cup...

Featuring rock stars, singers, and musicians who died at 27, this list of 27 Club members includes some of the greatest musicians who died before 30. "The 27 Club" or "Club 27" is the colloquial name given to a group of influential rock...

Randall Rhoads was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne. His music and legacy landed him on multiple "Greatest Guitarists" lists. However, his talented life was tragically cut short after a...

Jonathan Susman, a musician and software developer, wanted a tool he could use to virtually practice with his band. Adagio, the application he created, ended up being something more.



Adagio lets a student break a musical...

How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.

The Alto Clef can be very foreign to musicians. Some might even call it scary. So, today let's try to unpack the Alto Clef and maybe Demystify it just a little.

Max blows up balloons to get ready for his best friend’s birthday. Max tells Moon he will also decorate the house and bake her a cake. Moon is impressed. She tells Max he’s “pulling out all the stops” to make sure she has a good birthday.

Max blows up balloons to get ready for his best friend's birthday. Max tells Moon he will also decorate the house and bake her a cake. Moon is impressed. She tells Max he's "pulling out all the stops" to make sure she has a good birthday.

Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have been copying since time immemorial. We look into the history of the practice, and share our theories of why it is done, and what it can offer us.

Classical violinist Joseph Henry Douglass helped empower the Black community through music and education at a time when Southern lawmakers were pushing back against the progress of Reconstruction.

A trumpet is a musical instrument that amplifies the buzzing sound created by a musician blowing air through their lips. By manipulating the tightness or looseness of their lips, the musician can modify the pitch of the sound. The...

MOT 1947: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSIC: CU Door. INT VS President James C. Petrillo (1892-1984) at desk talking w/ men. REPRISAL: MS Petrillo '...have quarrel w/ recordings for jukeboxes & radio stations... musician playing at his...

Does it really take 10,000 hours to master the piano? This music performance lesson explores the theory that 10,000 hours is what is needed to produce a great pianist. The idea comes from Malcolm Gladwell, that it takes about 10000 hours...

How one musician's soothing words calmed a city and stopped violence from erupting around the country.

For a musician, ear training and aural skills are absolutely fundamental to what we're about and the ability to hear what we are doing is essential. The more we can develop our Aural skills the more refined our abilities will become....

Ben Folds sits down with Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist and musician, to talk about how Folds's brain lets him make music.

Jobs and Occupations Song for kids! What do you want to be? Sing, teach and learn about jobs and occupations in this very fun animated kids' music video from Fun Kids English! Which one of our characters do you want to be, the dentist,...

Get My Job explores the day in the life of different professions around Australia. In this episode we meet a Conductor.

Woodstock 1969 can be seen as the crowning event of the decade's free love movement, and its cultural impact spans generations. The shining star of the event turned out to be Jimi Hendrix's national anthem performance. His electric...

University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! He's also built a computer...

Six top tips on how to raise your game in becoming a more professional performer in music. Many people get as far as playing or singing notes accurately but if you really want to play with greater technical facility and with more...

Music can get complicated, so how do musicians know which notes to play? This video looks at clefs and how they help musicians read sheet music.