In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

Walk past an elementary school music room late in the afternoon, and you might hear it before you see it. A violin slightly out of tune. A student counting under their breath. A teacher clapping a ...

From building self-confidence to improving academic performance, music education offers far more than just learning notes and rhythms. Studies show it enhances emotional well-being, strengthens school ...

Music education is emerging as a wellbeing strategy to boost young people’s confidence and strengthen relationships. New ECU research calls for schools to treat learning music as essential for mental ...

Never has it been more important for students to be engaged in something they find meaningful, worthy of their time, and personally fulfilling. Music education in our schools offers all of this and ...

Taylor Swift fans at Armada High School had an opportunity to show their Swifty style and dress like their music icon during the Tri-M group’s recent music week. “It’s just to get people talking about ...

From New York to Northridge, our annual list of the institutions preparing the next generation of composers across all media. By Jeff Bond For aspiring composers in film and TV, the watchword these ...

In a triumph of hope over experience, this editorial board endorsed Proposition 28, the Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act, in 2022. We said the state’s 6 million ...

A new study has found that learning music plays a critical yet often overlooked role in enhancing the well-being of children and adolescents, calling for a stronger focus on music education in schools ...