Amplification, feedback or other modern and electronic add-ons apparently aren't necessary to wrest new sounds and fresh experiences from the humble guitar. Two upcoming events will provide unexpected ...

Over the following century, the orchestra slowly grew in size but not much in diversity: Instruments like the clarinet, timpani, and piccolo were added by various composers for their ability to ...

Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. In a hands-on music lesson, Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, ...

"A primer ... demonstrating the range and special capabilities of each instrument of the orchestra, with examples drawn from the symphonic repertory." Performed by ...

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 ...

With AI learning musical genres and composing unique tracks, the era of machines making music is already upon us. An Italian composer and electronic music producer named Leonardo Barbadoro is ...

This performance is part of the Weis Center's year-long Trees Series. Hailed by the international press as "a shamanic orchestra for a technological age", the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and ...

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...