For Graysin Slade, the time to help others is now — and with his decades of experience behind the guitar, that means putting music in the hands of others: “You can’t just say, ‘When I have enough ...

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DEVELOPING A LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS. AND SHELDON DUTES IS WITH US NOW TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT’S MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. AS I’VE BEEN ...

On a recent evening in a second-floor room of the University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, Joshua Pongsitiphon tries out the final chords of a funeral march on a slightly out-of-tune piano.

If you've ever taken private lessons to learn anything, you know they can be expensive, and a logistical challenge to get there. "It levels out the playing field for some for sure," Carter High School ...

ROCHESTER — “A piano is just a piano,” says James Baldwin’s narrator in his short story “Sonny’s Blues.” Almost in the same breath, the narrator urges the musician “to try and make it do everything.” ...

Students with a passion for music at Boulder’s Columbine Elementary school have the option of free after-school music lessons in instruments ranging from cello to flute to guitar. Two music teachers, ...

Music, of course, is central to the Joy of Music School, but an equally important aspect is the one-on-one caring mentorship students receive. The organization provides free lessons, in groups and one ...