“Won’t you play a piece for our American visitor?” asked the teacher. Shinichi Suzuki’s violin pupils scurried into formation against the walls of a bare Japanese room, swung their instruments under ...

THREE FORKS (AP) -- Watching 16-year-old Jake Zeadow play his fiddle can be a jaw-dropping experience. His bow glides across the instrument's strings while his fingers dance along the tailpiece. The ...

William Congreve wrote, "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast." I'd add a corollary: "Playing music soothes the entire body." Many people take music lessons and find that it increases stress.