From contrabassoons to harmonicas, we take a look at some of the concertos for more unusual instruments to have found their ...

Three is the magic number! Matthew Brett, Percussion Section Leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, gives us ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is another in an occasional series that profiles local musicians, actors and dancers who normally are seen performing in a group or ensemble. Just as many couples are meant to be together, so too ...

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 ...

"A primer ... demonstrating the range and special capabilities of each instrument of the orchestra, with examples drawn from the symphonic repertory." Performed by ...

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 ...