No work of music has a greater lock on a single ritual than Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March no. 1 does on American graduations. Cock an ear in the direction of high school and university ...

Adam Ackerman working in Guatemala, 2012 Credit: Courtesy of UVM Medical School What’s graduation without “Pomp and Circumstance,” Edward Elgar’s undisputed aisle-walking melody since, oh, about 1905?

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the ...

Generous servings of both pomp and circumstance are being readied for today and Friday at high schools across Crawford County as nearly 570 seniors graduate from area schools. The annual ritual does ...

This week I will join millions of Americans as we participate in the common annual gathering known as graduation. Throughout April and May, auditoriums and stadiums alike will see academic regalia, ...

Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the passionate cheering of friends and families, the lofty grandeur of speeches and, of course, one very ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — With a day game hours after a night game in the final week of spring training, Cincinnati Reds starter Frankie Montas didn’t have to be at the team’s complex until 9 a.m. on Friday, ...

For Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Paul McKee, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that he was playing a gig with a small combo at yet another wedding. Around him were a handful of bored players, ...

Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the passionate cheering of friends and families, the lofty grandeur of speeches and, of course, one very ...