Music for PhDs Music for PhDs

What purpose does music serve? The answer is a mystery, whether you have feet, feathers, or fins.

We talk about dancing parrots, singing whales, and music that got sent into space for aliens to find.

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Ah the good old days, when the upper class spoke five court languages and everyone else couldn’t read. Still, opera endures as powerful emotional storytelling.

Hear how opera singers build their lungs, learn about the International Phonetic Alphabet, and musical “accents”.

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Did you know more adults in Canada sing in choirs than play on hockey teams? In. Canada.

Singing is the ultimate combination of music + language. We sing lullabies to babies, and songs to bring people together. Learn why music making isn’t a solo endeavor - it’s all about bringing groups together.

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Yep, science confirms that listening to old dead white men does not make you - or your baby - smarter.

Instead, listen to what you enjoy - it will ‘activate’ your brain. We hear from real life PhDs and Smart People what music they use to focus.

Babies are Pattern Detection Machines™. They’re always soaking up information around them, both in speech and music (and unusual robot sounds somewhere in between). Imogen Heap composed a song - with help from science! - to make babies happy. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Is music a language? Not really. But speech does have musical elements! Featuring a spoken word poem by Calgary's poet laureate Natalie Meisner, "Carry On."

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