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

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

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 ...

Orchestras began tuning to the oboe, in part, because its sound was more penetrating in a performance setting than gut strings. There were also fewer oboes than violins, and in the earliest orchestras ...

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, ...

From Oct. 23 to 25 at Symphony Hall, Yuja Wang and the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a concert highlighting various classical pieces of the 20th century, including Leonard Bernstein’s “Three ...