Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

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Given what Mozart initially improvised in his head and what he later wrote out are one and the same, the listener will derive equal satisfaction listening to Mozart spontaneously invent at the piano, ...

Being professionally trained for years in performing arts, Hendersonville's Emily Swindal never knew when she began her career path that she'd find the most joy in portraying silly characters, ...

Cross posted on the MasonARC Website. Improvisation (“Improv”) theatre has been made famous by Saturday Night Live, books by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Whose Line is it Anyway, and many others. Improv ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Explore the neuroscience behind improvisation—and what it reveals about our natural capacity for creativity. Summary: Creativity may be more natural ...

Recent findings in neuroscience provide new evidence that musical creativity is not a static trait but a dynamic process involving the rapid reconfiguration of brain networks. By monitoring the brain ...