New research shows jazz improvisation relies on shifting brain networks as musicians move from memory to creative freedom.

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...

The Annoyance's very own musical ensembles. Every Tuesday at 8pm, two groups improvise brand new musicals based on audience suggestions. Featuring Musical Director Lisa McQueen and starring the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. While many improv shows aim to produce a spontaneous play or mimic stage or screen ...

Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

When people think of classical music, they’re usually referring to Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel, and other music written by European composers. Western European classical music is certainly the most ...

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised ...