Watching the Queen's Cartoonists perform live is a spectacle. There are cartoons, alongside jazz, a wide range of musical instruments, noise-making props and on-stage shenanigans.

The positive effects of playing a musical instrument range from improving brain efficiency to heightening speech processing, which makes it easier to understand what people are saying in a noisy ...

Playing a Musical Instrument Keeps Your Brain in Tune as You Age. Published Jan 28, 2024 at 7:01 PM EST Updated Jan 29, 2024 at 11:59 AM EST. By .

Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist by profession, writes about music, learning to play a variety of instruments, and what it’s taught him about life.