President Joe Biden issued a proclamation this week recognizing June as Black Music Appreciation Month, celebrating the music as “intricately woven into the tapestry of our Nation.” “Perhaps no music ...

The program — called Music Appreciation at the Elementary School Level — was started by supporters of the Mankato Symphony Orchestra in 1969. Hazel Faust and Mary Dotson, who were members of the ...

On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter invited Chuck Berry, Andraé Crouch, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Jordan to perform at the White House. The occasion was to ring in — and ...

Chlöe Bailey recently peeled back the layers of her musical fandom, offering an intimate glimpse into her long-standing admiration for rapper Kendrick Lamar. The singer candidly shared her deep ...

A genre-leaping renaissance man who memorably collaborated with everyone from Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson to Miles Davis, Paul Simon, Queen Latifah and San Diego blues-soul singer ...

I chose Music Appreciation as an elective course freshman year of high school because word in the hallways was that it was easy. Sure, I liked music fine, but mostly, how ‘bout that easiness! From the ...

The Musical Times is the oldest continuously-published music journal in the world, founded in 1844. For more information, including an extensive archive of obituaries of leading musicians from ...

NERO, it is said, believed that music, unheard by others than the performer, was valueless ; that appreciation and receptivity were much less important than execution. Our public education in music ...