A new study helps illuminate the ways in which a composer might intentionally impart sadness into the lines of an orchestral piece. Here's a clue: It doesn't take much. The solo player proves to be an ...

When Sarah Gillis performed ‘Rey’s Theme’, a piece John Williams composed for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, her concert hall was a space capsule orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth. And it’s a ...

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A member of the Polaris Dawn flight crew performed the first violin solo in space — appropriately to the tune of a “Star Wars” theme — after participating in the first-ever civilian spacewalk. After ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Music can transport a spirit from sullen to joyful. It can bring a concertgoer to unexpected tears. But the details of just how that connection between performance and emotion works ...