A study in Mexico found that classical music influences fetal heart rate, potentially benefiting development. Researchers observed more stable and predictable heart rate patterns in unborn babies ...

In the fall of 2019, my Classical KING colleagues and I began a strategic planning process by interviewing more than a hundred people living in Seattle and the Puget Sound region. We asked them about ...

Ever found yourself opting for an apple over a biscuit after listening to some Chopin? Listening to soothing classical music can curb your appetite and encourage weight loss, a study has found.

Scientists have discovered how different sounds can blunt pain in mice after playing classical music to injured rodents. They say the work could lead to safer treatments of pain in humans that rely ...

The pilot study was small, but it suggested music therapy before and during PCI could lower BP and heart rate after PCI.

Researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands conducted a study on 548 participants to see how listening to ...

For as long as we’ve been making music, we’ve been using it as a way to communicate with others. Before the advent of recording, we performed our music face-to-face. Soon, physical music on vinyl, ...

Rachel was a Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy. A classical liberal arts education broadens students’ horizons beyond the ...