Have you ever heard of something called Orff? It's not a character in "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings." It's actually a method to teach music. K-8 music teacher Shawn Lopez started using the Orff ...

POWELL — At Northwest College, a roughly 100-year-old musical instrument sits in Assistant Professor of Music Zach Paris’ office. He called the Deagan 200 Series Artist’s Special the Stradivarius of ...

While often viewed as instruments exclusively for children, xylophones are present in orchestras, film scores and even some pop and rock bands. The simplicity that makes them appeal to young people ...

While music and design may not seem to go hand in hand at first glance, a giant mile-long xylophone certainly fits the bill for both. After all, it’s likely the only instrument on the planet that can ...

So I was browsing Google Video and found a clip of a high school talent show. Usually they’re nothing to be impressed by, but I wanted to share this neat bit of information with everyone. These kids ...

The sounds in Kat Quistorff's classroom are classic: notes ringing off an instrument, energetic chatter of second-graders. But a small, blue object scooting around the carpet proves her classes are ...

heights are unable to mimic the speech cues used to convey sadness and/or depression. Submitted 2008 April 13; accepted 2008 August 16. KEYWORDS: music, speech prosody, emotion, modality, xylophone ...