BBC Get Singing launches - the BBC’s biggest nationwide music education initiative in more than 10 years

The initiative provides teachers and vocal leaders with engaging resources to encourage collective singing among 11–14-year-olds across the UK ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Music Column: Singing for life

Music connects with people and connects people to each other in ways that most things can’t. Any shared experience can really pull people together, but the way that music connects with a person’s ...
Inverse

A “singing” endangered animal reveals the evolutionary origins of music

When Chiara de Gregorio thinks of rhythm, two things come to mind: the mega-hit “We Will Rock You” by the British band Queen and endangered lemurs. The simple, well-timed beats in “We Will Rock You” ...
NorthernIrelandWorld on MSN

Dementia singing group, The Forget-Me-Notes, invites community to uplifting showcase in Newtownabbey

In an evening set to prove that music stays in the heart long after memories might fade, the Forget-Me-Notes, a singing group ...
Mongabay

What singing lemurs can tell us about the origin of music

MADAGASCAR – It turns out that the Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that these furry, tree-dwelling creatures use music to communicate with one another, likely ...
Valley Advocate

‘If you can hit one note and hit it hard’: Western Mass Sacred Harp singers ready for biggest annual event

On Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community (WMSHC) will host their biggest annual event, the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention, at Bombyx ...