Higher Intelligence Through Music

Can music really help you think better? Yes, according to the research that has been done so far. Listening to, and participating in music creates new neural pathways in your brain that stimulate creativity. Studies have shown that music actually trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. There was a study at the University of California, for example, about 10 years ago. Researchers followed the progress of three year olds, split into two groups. The first group had no particular tra

Know More About Dance, As A Performance Art Form

Dance is both a sport and art. It basically refers to any kind of body movements which are rhythmic and graceful and performed along with music. Dancing allows people to express their emotions or social interactions when in a spiritual or social situation. The ideas can be expressed by body movements and are a way of communicating without having to be verbal. This form of communication is not just limited to humans and is often found in nature. One such example would be bees. Other types of part

Purpose for Music?

One of the reasons that I study the Bible is to try to learn from other people’s mistakes. It is much easy to see why David was a “man after God’s own heart” when you read his Psalms. However, you can also learn from his many sins involving Bathsheba. Learning things the easy way is why I also listen to other people’s advice. It does not mean that I always take one’s advice; it means that I listen and consider it. Clayton playing the violin. So when my thirteen year old son decides th

Joshua Bell’s New Album At Home with Friends Review Giveaway!

Click on the Album Cover to Purchase and Visit Joshua’s Blog! Joshua Bell’s new CD, At Home With Friends, was released today, September 29, 2009 and is available in stores everywhere. If you’d like to preview the album before purchasing it, AOL Music is giving you that chance this week only. Simply go to AOL Music and get to hear the entire album for FREE! At Home With Friends is inspired by Joshua Bell’s fondness for hosting informal musicales in his Manhattan home. Join the Grammy Awar

Fun Read

But ultimately, fellow students, it’s up to us. Time to invade the concert hall. Classical concerts need not be exercises in cough-stifling. I regularly wear a T-shirt and jeans to the BSO – it’s fun to give the lingering Koussevitzky-ites a mild shock, since I know Mahler’s just as sublime sans tux – and respond to the music with a vocal passion. I cheered myself hoarse for Barenboim, Levine, and Carter last year, and I booed Teatro Lirico’s apathetic “Aida’’ with equal fervor. Audience partici

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