For some people, there are financial barriers that keep them from being able to learn to play an instrument ...

The Westmoreland Youth Symphony Academy of Music is encouraging middle school families to apply for its String Pathways ...

Camerata Chamber Orchestra is open by audition to all CWRU students, faculty, and community members who play string instruments and are interested in performing in a flexible yet high-level chamber ...

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Update: So far, 75 instruments have been donated to the Play it Forward Drive. The symphony has donated 142 instruments to schools and individual students during the ...

I have been playing the trumpet since I was in the fourth grade of elementary school. I went to music college, graduated, and became a professional. Before I knew it, I had been playing the trumpet ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Playing Chopin on instruments other than pianoI believe Chopin is one of the greatest melody makers in the history of composers.However, I have long felt that when listening to Chopin's melodies on ...

The gold standard in string music education is marking its golden anniversary this year. For the past 50 years, the University of South Carolina String Project has been the national model in a program ...

Growing up, I always enjoyed hearing the nicknames given to various musical instruments. We were told that the organ is the “king of instruments,” while the harp is the “queen of instruments.” The ...

When James Talambas plays the long string instrument, he often imagines flying. The long string instrument, which was created by Ellen Fullman, is 60 feet long and features 44 bronze strings stretched ...