Piano Maestro by JoyTunes is an interactive piano practice app for kids. As kids play on an electric or acoustic piano or on the in-app keyboard, the app uses the iPad’s touchscreen or microphone to ...

One startup has come to dominate the world of music-learning apps. “The trick is getting through that initial three-year phase where there’s no payoff, where you’re practicing but no one wants to hear ...

Every musician knows it: When you practice, you have to break a piece of music down, find the hard parts, and practice them. Over and over. And over. A new study confirms that prolonged focus on one ...

Seven-time grammy-winning pianist Emanuel Ax still practices his instrument four hours a day—when you play Carnegie Hall, you don’t just wing it. And sometimes, he admits, “it’s kind of a slog,” ...

It’s a casual Thursday afternoon, and I’m trudging up the stairs of Braun Music Center in search of a place to practice piano. My backpack is made ridiculously heavy by the dozen or so music books ...

8-year-old Sarina Zhang hit a milestone this year: She finally grew tall enough to reach the pedals of her piano. "Before I turned eight I couldn't play any of the pedal parts," she explains. "I'd ...

Although in recent years Stanford has attempted to increase its visibility in the arts by erecting several new state-of-the-art buildings for the arts, including Bing Concert Hall and the Anderson ...