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 ...

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is selling its prized collection of 30 string instruments, including violins, violas and cellos made by Italian makers Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri ...

Strings, oboes, and horns do this well; the strident, nagging harpsichord, less so. Once major composers like Haydn and Mozart adopted the style, the core members of the orchestra were pretty much ...

The orchestra offers adult string players of all skill levels the chance to practice, with rehearsals from 7: 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 12.

If you’re looking for a string instrument that has a brighter sound than a cello but is more resonant than a violin, look no ...

Instrumentalist Mark Wood will perform with the Hillsborough High School orchestra. HILLSBOROUGH — An international recording artist and creator of revolutionary electric music instruments will ...

An international treaty worries Minnesota Orchestra musicians with instruments that contain ivory and tortoiseshell. The orchestra is documenting when instruments were made to ensure musicians can ...

Some instruments "were unplayable when I got them," she said. "We called them Stradi-valueless." Phyllis Kao, the orchestra's concertmaster, said her school violin had "a really big crack.

Musicians ages 8 to 20 who play string, woodwind, brass or percussion instruments are invited to audition for the Claremont ...

A chamber orchestra of 20 children uses instruments fashioned out of recycled materials from a landfill where their parents eke out livings as trash-pickers, regularly performing the music of ...