Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what's next.

Ge Wang makes computer music, but it isn't all about coded bleeps and blips. With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, he creates new instruments out of unexpected materials—like an Ikea bowl—that allow musicians to play music that's both...

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I decided to move into a van when I moved to San Francisco from Indiana primarily to avoid the astronomical rent prices the Bay Area is known for. Compared to the other alternatives such as boat life or a tiny trailer home, vanlife stick...

In this video, the teacher explores the world of music with fun and engaging activities. Students learn about different instruments, the power of imagination in creating music, and even how to make music using their own bodies. The video...

Why do we dance? We dance to music because of neural connections in our brain. These connections link the part that perceives music, the auditory cortex to the regions that help us move, the motor regions. We might have started creating...

Alice’s Musical Debut reimagines one day in the childhood of the late jazz pianist, harpist, composer and organist Alice Coltrane - wife of the legendary jazz saxophonist and composer, John Coltrane. Set in the 1940s, Alice’s Musical...

Why Humans Evolved to Play Music

Why do we dance? We dance to music because of neural connections in our brain. These connections link the part that perceives music, the auditory cortex to the regions that help us move, the motor regions. We might have started creating...

Per Emanuelsson has, for the last 17 years, worked in a number of businesses and industries, in Sweden and internationally, as a software and management professional. Examples of industries with many years of experience are: asset...

Lewis Gordon graduated in 1984 from Lehman College, CUNY, through the Lehman Scholars Program, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy...

Grammy-winning artist Imogen Heap embraces everything from blockchain to wearables to heighten her craft. Hear about the technologies shaping her next works, and what the intersection of music and tech sounds like.