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Making Wishes Come True for Foster Children
An organization called One Simple Wish has granted the wishes of more than 3,000 foster children providing a small piece of comfort and joy...
Alaska Inmates Find Identity in Orchestra
After serving a 14-year sentence for murder, no one would have expected Sarah Jane Coffman to go anywhere near the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center...
Aurora Shooting Miracle: Rare Birth Defect Saves Gifted Musician from Bullet in Brain
A gifted musician who was shot in the head during the “Dark Knight” massacre last week will likely not sustain any major brain damage...
Orchestra Brings Joy In Midst of Desperate Congo
For decades, everything to come out of the Democratic Republic of Congo has not been good: civil war, child soldiers and atrocities against women....
Julie Leven Brings Classical Music to Homeless Shelters
Through her program Shelter Music Boston, professional violinist Julie Leven brings live music to residents that feeds their souls and makes them feel 'elegant.'...
13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals
Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
World Landmarks Light-Up With ‘End Polio’ Message in Final Push to Eradicate Disease
What do the Trevi Fountain in Rome, India’s Charminar monument, and the New York Stock Exchange building have in common? Each of these iconic...
Oprah Educates Girls in Africa Despite Struggles to “Get It Right”
Nothing in Oprah Winfrey’s life has made her prouder than creating her school for girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa. And nothing, she says, has...
A Neuroscientist’s Argument for Saving School Music Programs
Back in 2007, Northwestern neuroscientist Nina Kraus led a team of researchers that showed that training in music as a youngster helps boost...
Palestinian Orchestra Plays for Peace (Video)
Overcoming challenge is the mantra of young Palestinian musicians rehearsing and performing in the only Palestinian orchestra in the territories. They've teamed up...
Elusive Musical Gift Can be Taught to Very Young
The gift of perfect pitch -- the ability to identify a note simply by hearing it -- may teachable, after all. The Eguchi Method...
Palestinian Children Sing for Holocaust Survivors
13 Palestinian girls and boys from a West Bank refugee camp traveled on March 25 with their musical director to Israel to sing for...
Yo-Yo Ma to Perform Moments Before Oath of Office for Obama (Video)
On Tuesday, Yo Yo Ma's cello will punctuate that sentiment in the moment just before Barack Obama takes the oath of office. Presidents...
Venezuela’s Groundbreaking Musical Education, Saving Lives Through Music (Video)
Venezuela has become a hotbed of young classical music talent thanks to a system the country has in place that lets youth of...
Arts and Chess Part of Plan to Boost School Scores
Two poorly performing Kentucky schools in downtown Lexington will receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art...
Playing for the Poor
"Violinist David Juritz traveled the world as a street performer to raise funds for music education for the poor." This Reuters story w/ photos...
Defying bombs, Baghdad school teaches music, ballet
Shiite and Sunni students travel side by side each day through dangerous territory to attend Baghdad's Music and Ballet school. The school building is...