Music Therapy
What is your favorite song to listen to when you’re in a bad mood? Do you have a go-to playlist or preferred genre? Is it a specific artist, a song’s tempo, resonant lyrics, or some other element that helps soothes the soul? Tell us in the comments, then read the related article about the benefits…
Do You Share Music Tastes With Your Parents?
What kind of music do your parents like? Do you enjoy listening to it with them, whether in the car or at home, or do you wish they would put on something else?When Deftones’s hit “Change (In the House of Flies)” blared out of Tyson Burden’s car stereo in April 2020, he started to choke…
Dermot Sheedy: “In my course, I teach that you can apply the beats that...
Dermot Sheedy is a bodhrán player, percussionist and drummer from County Clare. Dermot started playing the bodhrán aged 6 and has 25 years experience of the instrument. A professional musician for the last ten years, he is a member of the Limerick band Hermitage Green, as part of which he has toured the world and…
Lesson of the Day: ‘That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code” Collectives in cities around the world are bringing computer languages to the club. Students learn about this new approach to music-making and make predictions about how it might shape the future. Warm Up Watch the following…
Learn to Play an Irish Instrument
Unleash the sound of music for Christmas and New Year Are you getting a musical instrument for Christmas? How about your new year resolutions? Will they include mastering an instrument? Research shows that learning an instrument can improve cognitive function and benefit the brain, no matter what age you begin learning. Apart from boosting your…
Film Club: ‘Music and Clowns’
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.“Music and Clowns” is an eight-minute animated film that touches on themes of family, disability and love. In the Op-Doc, the filmmaker, Alex Widdowson, searches for insights into his brother Jaime, who has Down syndrome and is…
Alison traditional Irish music courses prove a hit!
Earlier this year Alison launched the Traditional Irish Music Hub in collaboration with some of Ireland’s finest musicians. Drawing on the very best talent in traditional Irish music, Alison crafted a series of courses covering all of the genre’s major instruments, including fiddle, concertina and bodhrán. The courses have been already been enjoyed by thousands…
Alison Publisher Spotlight: Ethan Winer
If you’re like most people, music is a big part of your life. Whether it’s playing your favourite artist’s song when getting ready for work, or listening to it on your way to work or gym, music elicits memories. And can be the backdrop of many of lives’ beautiful and sad moments. Music is life.…
Making an Argument Via Descriptive Detail: Music Reviews
Now read something written by a student. In her 2018 winning entry, Isabella Levine reviews “Anthem of the Peaceful Army,” the debut album by the rock band Greta Van Fleet. Here’s the sentence at the end of the first paragraph that best captures her opinion of the album: The seeds of a potential rock revival…
Let’s Discuss: Music Playlists From The Amplifier
Welcome to Conversations With Journalists! In this series, we invite students to join discussions about New York Times articles with Times journalists and other teenagers from around the world. A new selection publishes every two weeks. Learn more about the feature and find a schedule of the pieces we’ll be reading together in the future…
