Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

When one thinks “violin,” the images that come to mind are the Stradivari and Guarneri instruments. When one thinks “violinist,” it is usually the superstar concert soloist — the Hilary Hahns, the ...

TAUNTON – A nonprofit aimed at enriching kids’ lives by teaching them a love for classical music and string instrumentation was started in Taunton by two violinists. “There’s something so powerful ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

Do you know which musical instrument is known as the 'Queen'? Learn about its 16th-century Italian origins, how it boosts brain power, and why it leads the orchestra.