Whistling Away Your Anxiety
Stage fright, existential angst, pre-exam nervousness, or simply general pressure to perform well—music and anxiety are related in all kinds of ways.
Special: Anxiety
“I’m afraid of…” isn’t necessarily something that’s easy to say. But even so, we all know it: anxiety. Anxieties—along with bouts of their more immediate cousin, fear—accompany many of us our whole lives long. Some of these we succeed in overcoming, while others we might even turn out to need a bit, and still others seem impossible to shake.
Just What Are Anxiety and Fear?
Ulrike Demal is a clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist and provides mdw Magazine with a basic overview of anxiety and fear.
“What Does Your Anxiety Sound Like?”
Using Music Therapy to Treat Anxiety Disorders
Fear and Film Music
There exists virtually no form of human fear or anxiety that hasn’t at some point been employed in thrillers or horror movies.
Fascinating Versatility
The mdw’s Department of Organ, Organ Research, and Church Music is a place devoted to caring for the “humus of Western music”.
Austria’s Unique Place of Organ Research
1971 saw the establishment of the Institute of Organological Research and Documentation at what was then the Academy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
The mdw‘s “Organ Fleet”
A selection of organs of the mdw
Special: Musica Sacra
Those who believe that church music consists simply of a few songs that they once heard in church, might be quite surprised indeed to learn just how diverse musica sacra can be.
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