Jackson Thomas doesn?t just hear music. He feels it. Ask him why choir music is so appealing and the University of Nebraska graduate goes to his happy place. ?It?s not only about the music,? he said. ?It?s about the community of sitting in a room and listening to a choir hit the heights. At the tender […]
Tyron Cooper wears several hats at Indiana University. As an assistant professor in the Department of African-American and African Diaspora Studies, Cooper is tasked with academic responsibilities in the classroom. But on top of that, he connects the school?s - and the state?s - rich musical heritage with African-American styles as director of the IU […]
One of the most heartbreaking things parents can experience is when one of their children goes through terrible physical pain and they can?t do anything about it. But a father-daughter research team with strong Northwestern ties may have found the key (and rhythm, and notes) to alleviating pain in young patients after they go through […]