My son is a kindergarten Mandarin immersion student. One of the highlights of my day is dropping him off at school and staying to watch their first activity of the day: singing songs in Mandarin.

Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists advocate that music underlies the ability to acquire language.

Music is a universal language. Or so musicians like to claim. “With music,” they’ll say, “you can communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries in ways that you can’t with ordinary languages ...

Only listening to music in English shuts doors to other rhythms, textures, sounds and especially words. It’s like only watching American films: you're gonna miss great works. Yes, Spanish‑language ...

From solo concerts to restaurant gigs to weddings to playing in bands, Larry Zbikowskihad played it all. Yet, 25 years ago, the classically trained guitarist found himself thinking he was just ...

FITCHBURG — Faculty from Fitchburg State University have published new textbooks — on music, language, and mathematics — that may be downloaded and reproduced for free, as part of an ongoing project ...

When teaching about other cultures—especially in foreign language classes—music is often a key part of the curriculum. Jennifer Patterson, Founder and President of California Music Studios shares the ...