Involving students in planning and fostering a supportive environment can encourage even the most reticent to participate, one expert says.

From f-bombs to insults, politicians have a history of open mic debacles. March 27, 2012 -- intro: It's every public figure's nightmare. You lean over to make an off-handed remark, and the entire ...

Wearing a flannel shirt and toting a guitar case, Nicholas Lopardo walked into the Amityville Music Hall on a recent Wednesday night and jotted his name on a list. The 37-year-old HVAC technician, who ...

Not so long ago, there was a general lament sometimes heard among Valley musicians: “There aren’t enough places to play around here.” That might have been true for professional players who wanted to ...

AMBLER — Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker: If these three characters met up at Open Mic Night, their vocations would be far less important than their talent or passion for music. On any given ...

For Anndrea Hermann, music has always been about more than performance. It is about connection, accessibility and creating ...

Katherine Galbraith-Chan, who was affirmed Nassau County’s Teen Poet Laureate in May by the Nassau County Poet Laureate Society, will be reciting her poetry on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Hicksville ...