Classical Choreography

Jamarl W. The body is inexorably tied to music, if not just for the fact that instruments are played by bodies. Pianists play with their fingers; marimba players grip their mallets and play using careful wrist and elbow motion; brass players breathe with their lungs, buzz with their lips, and push their valves with their

Music in Motion

Kevin Wu Any musical performance wouldn’t be the same without a visual aspect paired with it. Aside from radical modernist ideals in which the music is made purely for listening and nothing else, the visual aspect of music has the potential to add much more meaning and interest in the music that the audience enjoys.

Body, Mind, And The Not So Great Divide

Aidan McCarthy I personally believe that the mind/body divide is not accurate. Furthermore, I believe that Western society and culture would benefit greatly from the removal of this divide, or at least the diminishment of it. To answer the question of whether there is a difference between the musicians’ bodies and the listeners’ bodies: there

Keep Your Body in Mind

Michael McConnell The mind and body have a reputation as two separate entities in society. It is customary for certain actions and areas of work to be associated with only one. In the realm of music, this perception is still the case. Classical music usually only pertains to an intellectual setting, such as academic analysis

The Great Divide

David Olivares In many social spheres of music, it is accepted that a divide lies between classical and popular music wherein classical is more existent in association with your mind and popular is so with your body. However, I personally believe that both sides can be part of both the mind and the body. The

Music and Movement: Attached at the Hip… or should I say, the Brain

Erica Frost When it comes to the sensory stimulation of music, it is quite difficult to imagine a complete divide between the body and mind. While I think a person’s role and perspective play a key role in their response to these stimuli, scientific evidence supports natural reactions to auditory cues due to the motor

Music and Movement: expression from the inside

Drew Hirsch It’s almost impossible to imagine a world where music and dancing don’t go hand in hand. Even as children, people innately recognize rhythms and beats without even realizing it. From personal experience of working with 3-5 year olds in a music class type setting, it is crazy how naturally moving to a beat

Music, Mind, and Body

Alexandria Carrington Imagine you’re at your favorite musician’s concert. What is the atmosphere of the venue? Are you being shoved around in a mosh pit, or are you watching the performance attentively in your chair? Each genre of music has different concert etiquette. Oddly enough, before the Romantic period of music, an audience at a

Is There a Separation Between Mind and Body in Music? (Hint: There Isn’t)

-Spencer Soule As you can probably guess by my title, I have a strong feeling about whether there is a separation between mind and body in music, more specifically, if the mind should be attributed to classical and body to popular. While, yes, some songs in those genres certainly focus on that, it is definitely

Physical Abstractions: Mind, Body, Classical Music?

by Nicholas Tong The duality of mind and body is a concept that permeates the many facets of our lives and one that distinguishes our daily activities from one another. Activities such as reading, music listening, and puzzles are considered activities purely for the mind. Whereas taking a morning run, eating, and sleeping are considered