We all want to be free. Freedom of choice is perhaps one of the most foundational principles of western societies, and it can empower lives. As academics, we cherish academic freedom, and academic freedom has been called essential to democracy for very good reasons. However, no matter how enthusiastically we may endorse academic freedom, we […]
There are only a handful of things in life that have the ability to cross social, generational, cultural, and economic boundaries. Music is one of them! Whether you are on stage in a symphony hall, a sold-out concert arena, or in the bathroom shower, there is likely a musician in all of us. But what […]
Musical training encompasses a broad range of skills, which likely rely on a similarly large range of cognitive abilities. Consider the act of sight-reading, in which a musician plays from a piece of sheet music they have never seen before. The musician must read the upcoming notes (a feat of translating visual information into a […]