Beyonce performs onstage on her Mrs. Carter World Tour, on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP) If there ...

The Metropolitan Opera gave a premiere on Friday night, of a work it commissioned: “An American Tragedy,” by Tobias Picker. This opera is probably not destined to enter any canon, but it is competent, ...

From boosting the brain to reducing pain, joining others in song can bring some wide-ranging benefits. It's that time of year when the air starts to tinkle with angelic voices – or ring with the ...

Sister Theresa Gabriel, my fifth-grade teacher at St. Charles School, took me aside after music class one morning and told me I had a good singing voice. Boy, that was something to hear! Up to that ...

If there is a song in your soul, sing it out loud — whether in your car on your morning commute or at karaoke with friends. It’s OK if you are not the next Beyoncé. Making music — even if we aren’t ...