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See the human body morph into musical instruments from around the world at a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A new exhibition that opened this week at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art puts 4,000 years of human music-making ...
news.ucsc

Instruments of good

Asia Stautz (Crown, human biology) shows off her handmade ukulele crafted out of recycled wood. Rachel Barocio (Rachel Carson, molecular, cell and developmental biology) turned a discarded piece of ...
The New York Times

Why People Sound Like Instruments, and Instruments Look Like People

“Musical Bodies,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, revels in the blurry boundaries between humans and instruments. By Joshua Barone Visuals by Ye Fan Clap your hands. Tap a foot.
EDN

Electronic musical instruments design: what’s inside counts

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Children can make Native American musical crafts at Poway event

Children can learn about Native American cultural history while making a musical craft at a Poway event on Saturday, March 1. Docents will guide children ages 5 to 10 years old in making rattles, ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

COMP_SCI 375: Digital Musical Instrument Design

Enrollment will be by permission only, students interested in taking this course should fill out the DMID Questionnaire by February 19, 2026. See description below for more details. Digital Musical ...