Music Matters

“We are a music-making species—always have been, always will be—and music’s capacity to explore, express and address what it is to be human remains one of our greatest communal gifts.”

—Clemency Burton Hill

A live music performance on stage with a band playing, silhouettes of the audience in the foreground, and a digital sign overhead that reads '10:51'.
Concert venue with a live band on stage and a large crowd of people dancing and enjoying the music, colorful lights illuminating the scene
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
A band performing live on stage with a female singer with curly hair, a male guitarist with glasses singing into a microphone, and two other band members playing instruments, under stage lighting.
A musician on stage playing an electric guitar with eyes closed and a focused expression.
A man playing the trumpet at a live music venue with string lights in the background.
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Credit: Curtis Pope Photography
Crowd of people dancing and enjoying live music at a concert venue with colorful stage lighting and framed album covers on the wall.
A crowded indoor concert with a stage illuminated by colorful lights, and an audience watching a performance.
Crowd watching a live music performance on stage illuminated with green lights, with two performers, one singing and one playing guitar, under colorful stage lighting.
Black and white photo of a woman singing into a microphone and a man playing an electric guitar, both performing on stage.
A person dancing but with their trench coat open in a comedic "flasher-style" way in front of a live band playing brass instruments on stage at a concert or music event and the caption reads, "Expose yourself to live music."