Marathon Center for the Performing Arts (MCPA) is excited to open registration for its 2026 Winter Art and Music Classes, inviting students in grades K–12 to experience a season filled with creativity ...

In most households, there’s a familiar scene, a child tapping a pencil on the desk, humming while solving math, or scribbling cartoons during a break from homework. For years, these small habits were ...

A music notation is an almost impossibly complicated bit of drawing. Calling it a map or a diagram does not quite do the trick. Its lines encode mechanisms for the planning, composition, analysis, ...

International Music Day 2025 is observed annually on June 21st. Because it falls on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, in the northern hemisphere, this date is noteworthy. People can ...

Drawing, music and writing can elevate your mood. Here are some easy ways to welcome them into your life. By Christina Caron When Dr. Frank Clark was in medical school studying to be a psychiatrist, ...

Estrogen is an asset, it turns out. A new study from music researchers has found that women are engaged in creative fields like art, music and literature at higher rates than men — and are generally ...

In recent work, a variety of creative behaviors in children have been modified using contingent reinforcement. This study examined whether self-instructional training, rather than reinforcement, could ...

Science reveals that seemingly idle habits like humming, drawing, and walking can significantly enhance learning in children. Music, especially instrumental tunes, boosts memory and reduces anxiety, ...