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Lego Organ Being Created for Lego Replica of Durham Cathedral

Organ builders Harrison and Harrison have begun work on the first instrument made out of Legos. A Lego organ is being built to go inside a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in England.The organ is a Lego replica of the instrument built by Henry Wallis in 1876 and restored by Harrison in 1905 and again in 1978. The brick model of Durham Cathedral is being constructed to raise money for the cathedral’s Open Treasure Project. The Open Treasure program aims to transform some of the Cathedral’s most historic spaces, creating an exhibition route that will include the Monks’ Dormitory and finish in the Great Kitchen, where the treasures of St. Cuthbert will be displayed, alongside other cathedral treasures and visiting exhibitions.Gaye Kirby, head of development at Durham Cathedral, said, “It is wonderful that Harrison’s have chosen to recreate their magnificent organ in miniature in our Lego Cathedral and we are very grateful to them for their generous donation and support of the Open Treasure appeal.”
By Jaime Prisco

  • Studies Show that Listening to Classical Music Can Help You Ace Your Finals, Always Helps to Lower Blood Pressure

    University research in France has recently found that listening to classical music while studying can actually help students score higher on tests.Research published in "Learning and Individual Difference" found that students who listened to a one-hour lecture where classical music was played in the background scored significantly higher in a quiz on the lecture when compared to a similar group of students who heard the lecture with no music. Researchers speculate that the music puts students in a heightened emotional state, which makes them more receptive to information“It is possible that music, provoking a change in the learning environment, influenced the students’ motivation to remain focused during the lecture, which led to better performance on the multiple-choice quiz,” they wrote.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Presents 'Romeo and Juliet' with Music Direction by Jacques Lacombe

    The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and music director Jacques Lacombe present of trio of works inspired by "Romeo and Juliet" from Tchaikovsky, Gounod and Prokofiev in Newark and New Brunswick.The program will open the 2015 Winter Festival: Sounds of Shakespeare, which will be the first year of a two-season Winter Festival cycle showcasing music inspired by William Shakespeare. Actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will perform scenes from The Bard’s great tragedy while selections from Prokofiev’s "Romeo and Juliet" are performed.
    By Jaime Prisco
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