Deconstructing the evolution of music, one note at a time

'Product of genius' ... calligraphy by
JS Bach.

'Product of genius' ... calligraphy by
JS Bach.

The composer Nico Muhly, center rear, with members of Face the Music.
The group focuses on works from
the last 50 years, with an emphasis
on the new alt-classical.
Forget about a composer. Scientists have come up with music by evolution.

Abner, 5, plays the violin in Guatemala.
Photo by Alice Contreras
©2012 World Vision International
Stay atop the music industry by following these 50 professionals on Twitter. Chosen by their college affiliations, number and quality of tweets, many of these current or former professors also perform or conduct classical music, jazz, rap, Latin, rock, blues and opera.

Children at Ride Hill Primary
in a Drumskool workshop

It is best to hook children on music
in their early years. credit : Alamy
Report concludes that Sistema Scotland project to immerse deprived children in classical music is having a positive effect and can achieve ‘social transformation’.
IN a drab classroom at Lewisham in Sydney’s inner west, the chairs and tables are pushed to the edge of the room.
Some of Britain’s poorest children are embracing orchestral music – inspired by El Sistema, the movement in Venezuela that has sparked a revolution in learning and life.