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Stop obsessing over talent—everyone can sing

  • Written by Steven M. Demorest, Professor of Music Education, Northwestern University
imageStudents from a combined choir of the Edmonton public schools.Edmonton Public Schools / flickr, CC BY

A Hungarian film titled “Sing” recently won the Oscar for best short film. “Sing” tells the story of young Zsófi, who joins a renowned children’s choir at her elementary school where “everyone is...

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