Editor's note: Usman Riaz, a TEDGlobal Fellow, is a composer and musician. He performed at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh in June. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it makes available through talks posted on its website. The...

Young children who learn, study and practice music also improve many other skills, such as reading, writing, and conveying their thoughts more clearly. While the pleasures of learning to play a musical instrument is adequate to learn how to read music notes and apply...

Children can learn to play an instrument before they even start school. That's the philosophy of the Suzuki method of teaching music. The child first learns to play music by hearing it, rather than reading musical notes. Five-year-old Hannah Mei Steury started violin...

If you're looking for a way to keep your kids active this summer and make sure they don't forget everything they learned in class, try this tune: Encourage them to play a musical instrument. Or, if they already do, urge them to practice, practice, practice. Beyond...

The Musicians’ Union (MU) is supporting the petition launched today by the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) which calls for European action on the issue of musicians taking instruments on planes. The MU has been lobbying on this issue for many years now,...

SMYRNA, Tenn. — When George Dennehy was a young boy, he never dreamed he would spend his career as a motivational speaker and musician. But the armless teenager has spent the last couple of years sharing his story and encouraging others, and he'll be on stage at the...

Even though viola is Matthew Daline’s main instrument, it won’t be the only thing people hear at his concert next week. Daline, a professor of viola performance at the University, will be playing a concert next Wednesday that he organized and planned himself as part...