“Practice makes perfect.” It’s something that most of us have heard throughout our lives from our parents, our teachers and professors, our bosses, our coaches and directors — the list goes on. In ...

There’s no need to give up on your childhood dream of becoming a world-famous musician, because if you’re a Barnumbia undergrad who plays an instrument, you’re eligible to take private lessons through ...

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? According to the old joke, “practice, practice, practice.” While it may sound like good advice, it’s not the best or fastest path because practice can only get you so ...

In this article, I examine what science tells us about effective practice and instruction. I explore whether the idiom ‘practice makes perfect’ stands up to scrutiny. This idiom has two fundamental ...