America’s Theatres Are Looking At Leadership Changes

“Leadership turnover is coming to America’s regional theaters. When Theater Communications Group — a service organization for the country’s nonprofit theaters — recently surveyed its members, 30 percent of the respondents indicated that their artistic leaders had been in place for two decades or more. About the same number said they anticipated a change in artistic leadership within the next five years.”

Study: Reasons People Listen To Music Are Different For Older People Than For Younger Listeners

An exploratory study finds emotion regulation may be “a secondary outcome of music listening. Rather, the “fundamental drivers” of our thirst for music appear to be the intense emotions a given melody produces, the way it facilitates reminiscing, and—as we age—its ability to produce transcendent experiences.