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ARTICLES

Why Music Makes Our Brain Sing 
(Published in the NY Times June 7, 2013)
Robert J. Zatorre is a professor of neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University. Valorie N. Salimpoor is a postdoctoral neuroscientist at the Baycrest Health Sciences’ Rotman Research Institute in Toronto.

King of Instruments, back on stage
(Published in the Economist November 1, 2013)
As a teenager, Nathan Laube dreamt of a church-music career in the "great Anglican tradition", as he puts it. But today, aged 25, the Chicago-born organ virtuoso is instead pursuing a career as a recitalist and teacher.
That is a wise choice. For generations, the Episcopal (Anglican) church has been the steward of traditional music in America—and so the main employer of talented organists. But today the church is in steep decline. It has nearly 2m members now, down from 3.4m at its peak in 1959. Though some congregations are growing, between 2000 and 2010 thedenomination lost 16% of its members and 23% of its regular worshippers.
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