Month: August 2020

The Impact of Songs in the Body Positive Movement

Written by Gia Villegas Today, more and more people have begun to share the belief that humans come in all shapes, sizes, ages, religions, sexualities, and colors, and every single person is beautiful. Although this is amazing, it is crucial to know that this belief is still not shared by everyone and has not been…
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The Beauty of Musical Imperfection

“True Beauty comes from accepting all aspects of your music, embracing every little imperfect thing that comes in your way” – Marc Jacobs To define or understand the real meaning of musical perfection and elegance, one must have heard of the saying “practice makes perfect” multiple times, in a way that made this element of…
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Music Therapy for Healing w/ Nicole Birmaher, MT-BC

Yesterday, we held an interview with Nicole Birmaher, a board certified music therapist. S graduated from the University of Miami, Frost School of Music, in May of 2020 and completed her 9 month music therapy internship at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago working with hospitalized children. Over Nicole’s undergraduate career she…
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Effects of Classical Music on Patients with Epilepsy

By Angela Khurana There’s no denying that music can have a significant influence on emotions and behavior. Music is quite powerful: it can cause you to forget your emotions. Music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function, changing the brain and the way it works (“‘The Power”). Classical music, in particular,…
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Updates on August and September’s Virtual Concordia Initiative Concerts!

Due to the huge number of submissions for our August concert, we are splitting this cycle into 2 separate concerts sent separately in August and September. We are so lucky to have such a talented group of volunteers and look forward to what is coming! These concerts’ performers are: Sarah Guo Kashvi Nandagiri Avery Smith…
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Rock ‘n Roll in the 1900s

by Tanya Mahesh Rock music is one of the world’s most dominant forms of music. Chuck Berry founded it in the 1950s and it spread to English speaking countries & Europe in the ‘60s. By the ‘90s, it had become global. The definition of Rock is very difficult to be explicit but Rock “is a…
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International Peace Month Playlist

Chords for a Cause is happy to announce its monthly playlist for the month of August! Listen to songs surrounding the theme of peace today with the playlist below.

Fall Private Music Classes Are Open!

We’re so excited to be starting our fall session of music classes! All money raised will be donated. Learn more about pricing and availabilities here.

The Influence of Jazz Music On The Brain

Written By Caroline Yao Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. Art Blakely To define jazz music, one must scroll through the lexicon of words associated with the sound of jazz to come up with a description of the art form. Words such as smooth, cool, nice, swinging, and jazzy describe the art form.…
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Goals, Lessons Learned, and Handling Pressure w/ Yaegy Park

Today we had an interview with violinist Yaegy Park discussing several aspects of her musical career and how she has grown as a musician. Yaegy was born in Houston, Texas, and has been recognized as a rising young violinist when she joined the Houston Young Artists at age 4, the foundation’s youngest member. Under the…
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