Two Curtis Institute student percussionists clap out an African-style bell pattern Normally at a concert, the clapping you hear is done by the audience. But in this case, the performers do the ...

I’ve often dreamed of being a drummer. Not that I’ve actually worked to make it happen — come on, that would take years of sustained effort. But I’ve led countless family rhythm get-downs while ...

Last Friday, a fellow music-nut friend of mine sent me a link to an iPhone app based on composer Steve Reich's "Clapping Music." I've become totally obsessed with beating it. Anybody who's played ...

Two iconic musical claps – in one stressful, rhythmic marriage. Steve Reich’s 1972 minimalist piece Clapping Music, is one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century. Skip to just over ...

Idle hands may be the devil’s workshop, but busy hands can be hell too. “It’s insane,” says Atom Egoyan, on the phone talking about the balls he currently has in the air. “It’s been a crazy, intense ...

Composers and musical styles come in and out of fashion for the oddest of reasons. Now, the great 20th-century avant-gardist Steve Reich is back in the news because – of all things – a computer game.

Legendary minimalist composer Steve Reich is likely not the first person you'd think of in the flashy world of mobile gaming, but his 1972 composition Clapping Music has now been adapted as a new ...

Scientists have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some ...