The Cape Ann Symphony's 73rd Concert Season will continue with Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven featuring the return ...

A team of researchers from Mexico has conducted a study measuring heart rate frequencies of babies in the womb, concluding that classical music has a positive effect. A team of researchers from the ...

What a weekend for Austin music. This city continues to be a melting pot, but this edition of show selections is an especially mixed bag. From a Colombian fusion residency, to an interactive audio ...

A study in Mexico found that classical music influences fetal heart rate, potentially benefiting development. Researchers observed more stable and predictable heart rate patterns in unborn babies ...

Playing classical music to your child while they’re still in the womb can stimulate development, new research suggests. Music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their ...

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To test the effects music can have on fetal heart rate, the group of researchers recruited 36 pregnant women and played a pair of classical pieces for their fetuses. For the experiment ...

The Live Music Capital of the World is getting a new addition to complement its signature title. Construction will begin this year on a $35 million venue in Austin that's set to be the city's ...

The two musicians have known each other for years through the indie music scene; in fact, Srivastava inspired one of the characters in the book. “I relish every time I’m in Austin,” Murdoch ...

9-1-1: Lone Star went out with a bang, literally, after an asteroid hit Austin during the series finale on Monday, February 3. In typical fashion, the 126 was first on scene — leaving many of ...

For Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major the soloist was Jonathan Biss, a former BBC New Generation Artist. The first American graduate of that NGA scheme is now long established as author ...

it seems like an appropriate week in which to reproduce above what she wrote for me when I discovered to my surprise that the Eleventh was her favourite Shostakovich symphony, and she explained why.