A creepy collection of classroom stories about video games, conspiracy videos, and the color green.

It’s spooky season once again, and what better way to celebrate Halloween than with the music of… a Disney princess? Listen along to the sounds of reharmonization.

Meet Devin Cohen: musician, teaching artist, and ABI Fellow, where he is the recipient of the Wendy Livingston Scholarship. We sat down with Devin to speak about his ideas about musical storytelling, his bassoon journey, and even his most embarrassing moment on stage.

Meet Jackie Traish: musician, teaching artist, and ABI Fellow, where she is the recipient of the Julia Slavin Scholarship. We sat down with Jackie to speak about her inspirations, favorite stories as a performer and teaching artist, and unique perspective on being a professional musician in NYC.

Listen along to our process of writing the musical love story that we heard within Cesar Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major.

In episode #2 of Co-Composed, an audio blog series, Emmalie and Rebecca discuss their entrepreneurial antics in creating their first musical storytelling film and the chaos that ensued. Listen and watch the recording of their conversation about the tips they would give their younger, inexperienced selves.

Enjoy these hilarious classroom stories about report cards, Brazilian desserts, and the identity theft of Stickman.

Listen along to our process of searching for the musical story that we heard within Katie Jenkin’s Constructions for flute and piano; a story most certainly inspired by Rebecca’s irrational fear of all crawling creatures (except, babies – we love babies).

It’s time to take a break from your busy life and craft with us! Grab your clay supplies, get comfy, and let’s listen for some musical stories.

Rebecca’s personal journey finding her creative spark as a flutist, entrepreneur, and storyteller

From the mouths of babes: The Avengers, a love story, and an epic tango battle.

Meet Aine E. Nakamura: voice, body and theater maker whose artistic quest began as a search for her own language to embrace and express self.

In 2021, I moved to South America and had to learn how to speak Spanish. This experience was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done (and I am currently still doing it), but it taught me a vital lesson about the power of language in music education.

Emmalie and I are amazing at making mistakes. And we have that to thank for Art Beyond the Ink’s success.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the everyday to-do’s and mishaps and failures. But these little things incrementally add up to magic. Here’s a story of how I was forced to step back and see this magic, from of course, one of our students.

In Co-Composed, a new audio blog series, Emmalie and Rebecca discuss their entrepreneurial antics in music making and education. Listen to the audio recording of their conversation about how they collaborate while living apart.

To celebrate our 10th blog post, we'll check out 10 ways that you can express the stories you hear within every piece of music, whether you're an adult, artist, educator, kid, or music lover.

Meet Jorinde Hol: Dutch animator, painter, storyteller and director of Studio IJlie who, through her art, aims to help erase misunderstandings and enhance acceptance of the LGBTQ community

This blog post is all about the spookiest of sounds – the sound of bones… ☠️ From 1830 to present day, composers of all music genres are putting bone sounds in their music. How do they do create this effect, and what does it mean for their musical stories?

Listen along to our process of searching for the musical story that we heard within Nizar Bredan’s moving work for solo piano