One of the more exciting pianists in jazz today, Vijay Iyer has won a slew of awards over the past few years, including five different nods in the DownBeat International Critics’ Poll. Awards ...

When music affects our mood and emotions, our brains try to make sense of it all through movement. Tapping our toes to the ...

Rhythm is a crucial element in all music. The aspect of rhythm that we're going to deal with today is note duration. Every note of music that you hear has a rhythm value. Each note is held out for a ...

Do you need to learn music theory to be a great musician? No you don’t, but in many cases, it really can help. That’s the extremely short answer, however there’s a lot more to it than just that. Music ...

What happens when you write a hit for another band, but you want it back? We find out as we trace the complicated history and intriguing theory behind an iconic Prince classic ...

Our faculty offer a broad array of research specializations that include performance and analysis, theories of rhythm and meter, music-text relations, intertextuality, jazz theory and analysis, ...

To human ears, the trilling of birdsong ranks among nature’s most musical sounds. That similarity to human music is now inspiring researchers to apply music theory to avian vocalizations. For example, ...

Director: Hannah Rednour, 34, of Lockport; Assistant Manager: Aaron Smith, 40, of Romeoville.

A new study suggests that human bodies react to music in subtle ways that bypass conscious awareness. Researchers have ...