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Sound Reasoning: A Way to Listen

http://cnx.org

Rice University is offering a free online introductory course in music appreciation, giving adults a new way to learn how to listen. The "Sound Reasoning" course comes complete with on-screen audio samples that demonstrate concepts explained in the text and interactive exercises that offer immediate feedback on why a response is correct or incorrect. Designed to be as user-friendly as possible, the course does not require the ability to read music. Sound Reasoning also hopes to bridge the gap between classical and contemporary music by focusing on style independent concepts, each illustrated with side-by-side examples from the classical and modern repertoires.

Keeping Score: MTT on Music

www.keepingscore.org

Keeping Score is a project of the San Francisco Symphony designed to make classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds. The goal: use media in its most public and accessible forms to show that classical music can speak to everyone and instill a lifelong love of music. Join the orchestra and music director Michael Tilson Thomas in this engaging look at music and its place in our world.