It’s the season for giving, and Stephens Auditorium is extending a helping hand to aspiring young musicians. For the second year, Stephens is holding a Used Instrument Drive. Donated instruments will ...

What is it: Play It Forward — Classical MPR's Musical Instrument Drive. People with old instruments can donate them to their local schools. Instruments being accepted: brass, woodwinds, string ...

Sarah Starbuck is an educator at Thornton Middle School. At her school, she witnesses first hand what the decline in funding for education does for programs like music. “[It] adversely affects kids ...

Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...

BROCKTON - Students in the beloved Brockton High School marching band are using instruments that are 20 to 30 years old, said Rebecca Desmond, director of music at Brockton Public Schools. And, she ...

Hallmark senior artist Matt Kesler places handlebars atop a pair of French horns, in preparation for the final stage of a piece he calls “The French Peddler.” The work goes up for auction July 12 at ...

Salons, the kind 18th century French ladies hosted, are a thing of the past. Or are they? Who in this day and age invites people to sit in their living room, enjoy music and conversation over a glass ...

Owner of Dave’s Music Workshop fixes mostly band instruments for Sonoma County schools and local music programs. Dave Haymaker of Dave’s Music Workshop fixes mostly band instruments — trumpets, ...

Harmonix was always going to be in a rough position as soon as they announced old instrument compatibility. I'm glad they did the leg work to make as many songs and peripherals work as they did. It's ...