"We help you easily discover new and interesting stuff on the Web. Tell us what you like, and we'll introduce you to amazing web pages, videos, photos and more that you wouldn't have found on your own." Users can choose which interests they would like to explore on the Internet, including anything within the arts.

"Eugene's art & culture scene is a vibrant, across-the-board experience that is found in architecture, visual arts and performing arts. A mecca for nationally and internationally known artists and a long-time attraction for performers traveling the West Coast, downtown performances regularly feature mainstream and alternative acts form well-known producers. For a community our size, there's an astonishing variety of cultural events going on."

"Great storytelling and rigorous reporting. These are the passions that fuel us. Our business is telling stories, small and large, that start conversations, increase understanding, enrich lives and enliven minds." NPR is a news radio station and website that covers anything from politics to arts and music.

According to the website, "Draw Something is THE addictive social drawing game and its now available free for Apple iOS and Android Devices! Draw and guess words, play cooperatively with friends or competitively with rivals." It's essentially a game in which you draw pictures on your screen, then send them to a friend who will attempt to guess what it is and then draw one back.

Just an interesting article on the relevance of of musical training in the real world! From the conclusion: "In years past, it was typical for college graduates to take a job in a good company, and stay there for their entire working careers. However, the rapid development of technology and the resulting changes in the skill sets needed for success has made that scenario less and less likely. In a world where an ever increasing percentage of the population experiences several career changes in a lifetime, no college education can supply enough specific knowledge to cover all the possibilities. Thus, an earned bachelor's degree-music or otherwise-is only a first step in the world. Those with a high-level, "musically flavored" college degree, not only have what it takes to make a good first step, they also have the creativity and drive to ensure that each succeeding step brings them closer to the happiness and fulfillment we all seek in life."

The University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra is the premiere orchestra at UO and one of the finest university orchestras on the west coast. It serves as a laboratory for music majors and especially talented non-majors who have demonstrated the necessary expertise to study ensemble performance technique and repertoire spanning a broad time frame and encompassing a wide variety of musical styles.

The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance is the premier higher education institution of music and dance in the Pacific Northwest, one of eight distinct schools and colleges that compose Oregon's flagship university. A comprehensive public institution, the UO School of Music and Dance offers courses in choreography-performance, dance education, dance history, dance science, liberal arts studies in dance, music education, music performance, pedagogy, composition, conducting, jazz studies, music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, music history-literature, music technology, and liberal arts studies in music.