An intriguing new study shows positive cognitive effects for older people playing an instrument for the first time.

A $73,800 grant will fund outdoor musical instruments at six Monroe County library branches, creating new spaces for play and learning.

For many parents, enrolling their children in music lessons is more about helping them discover new hobbies. But many are ...

Libraries across the country are lending American Girl dolls, original artwork, musical instruments and ghost-hunting kits to ...

Older adults who kept practising a musical instrument or learnt a new instrument even after 70 preserved memory better than those who stopped. The findings suggest starting music late in life helps ...

Connections Between Music and Memory Music has long been celebrated for its cognitive and emotional benefits. While much of ...

Can driving a car benefit your brain? Yes, if it has a manual transmission. That’s the surprising result of research at Japan ...

Corrales resident Mayling Garcia plays Ben Franklin's rare glass armonica, keeping this unique instrument's history alive for ...

Music became Ian Resurreccion’s passport to travel the world. Through every balikbayan box of instruments he sends home, he ...

Even though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people ...

Matt Leder blew his shiny brass trumpet last week in a lively rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In," and middle ...

Rochester’s Jazz Street crowds got a boost with the 17th annual Musical Instrument Donation Drive, led by Rochester Education ...