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What can we learn from people who live in one of the most constrained urban environments in the world—and still find ways to make life possible?

Singing (really, any artistic act) is an act of vulnerability. Your voice is you—your breath, your body, your emotions, your story. When you sing, you offer all of that up; even after a lifetime of performing, I still feel that fear when I step on stage.

If performing can be scary for us educators, how much scarier must it be for teen students still discovering their identity—for whom “fitting in” can feel like the most important thing?

In both Korean and English, the word dream carries layered meanings. It can refer, first, to the images and sensations we experience during sleep; second, to the hopes and ideals we wish to realize; and third, to a fleeting illusion or unrealistic fantasy.

When I was designing the framework for the Theater of Dreams last year, I leaned into the second meaning—the kind of dream filled with high ideals.

Classics for Kids Foundation offers matching grants to help build sustainable music programs within US-based K–12 schools and nonprofit organizations.

On June 19–21, the annual Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival in Morocco will return with a diverse program of live music and events that promote human rights.

Arts and cultural organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa interested in partnering with European artists and cultural professionals are encouraged to apply for EUNIC’s Spaces of Culture program.

To Be Young, Gifted and Black, a new book by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, offers an intimate look at how her children navigated their professional path into the classical music world while exploring their cultural, racial, and national identities.

A new, open access literature review in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning highlights the impact of serious games (SGs) in facilitating music learning.

Aprender música clásica es ahora más divertido con el lanzamiento de Intermezzoun podcast semanal de la Radio Pública de Interlochen presentado por y para jóvenes oyentes.