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, ...

CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...

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 ...

Few things sound sweeter to an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) member than people talking about recycling. For real music to their ears, however, recyclers need to tune into the ...

A didgeridoo and a symphony orchestra? It's definitely on the edge to have the two on the same stage, but the pairing may carry the secrets of survival for the arts. Master didgeridoo player Stephen ...

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 ...

In a cheerful rehearsal room at Temple University, a few dozen professional musicians inspect the instruments that they'll be playing to debut an audacious piece of music by a Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...