Comprised of local residents from disadvantaged backgrounds, the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura members make their instruments ...

Successfully auditioning for an orchestra is one of the hardest challenges that musicians face. We explain how the process ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. To play, the musician holds the long tube of the flute in both hands and ...

Kids and adults tried their hands at an array of instruments under the supervision of band leaders and members of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra. The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra is back for ...

Before a concert by the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in Lewiston, children got to blow into a tuba, a variety of horns and a ...

The trombone ranks among a handful of instruments that sound most like the human voice—it represents the adults in “Peanuts,” after all. Cartoons aside, the trombone’s tenor range sits in a natural ...

Worse, the Philadelphia Orchestra player has no idea when he’ll once again see his instrument — a 1931 German bassoon with an enviable Philadelphia pedigree, owned and played by him for half a ...

Orchestral Tools announces Svara, a vivid orchestral collection inspired by the scores of classic Bollywood films. Svara ...

Trapped inside a shuttered musical instrument repair shop in a New York City suburb sits Mark Gigliotti’s livelihood: his prized bassoon, locked up, unattended, and likely pulled apart into pieces.

What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...