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 ...

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 ...

They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

Toby Aronson, the “zookeeper” of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Petting Zoo Credit: Courtesy of Vermont Symphony Orchestra Before the pandemic, elementary school children interested in ...

Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected his ...

These five voices interwove into one testament of how the DSO’s robust community forged cherished connections, inspired unexpected decisions and found its beautiful harmony despite the diversity of ...

While Paul Monaco will wrap up his career at the Royalton Hartland school district with this spring’s student concerts, he says teaching orchestra has never felt like work. “If you love ...

If you were scouting through the internet to find what are the 6 hardest instruments to play for kids in an orchestra, we are going to ease your research with our list. Music has a huge impact on the ...