A belly turns into a drum, hands mold into percussion tools and a face adorns a brass bell in this anatomical art history show ...

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 ...

As parents grapple with making the right or best educational decisions for their children, the questions about learning a musical instrument will often come up. Not just one question, but many. Should ...

Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2024 — Orchestral Tools announces Monolith by Richard Harvey, the latest collaboration between the Berlin-based sample library designers and the celebrated composer. Monolith ...

After a music career that's taken him around the world, Eddy Jay has turned to cutting-edge manufacturing to make his own instruments.

USA TODAY has announced the nominees for their 10Best Reader's Choice Awards in the museum category and a world-famous Phoenix museum has made the cut. The Musical Instrument Museum came in at No. 9 ...

Whether in a classical symphony or a Hollywood film soundtrack, these often-overlooked instruments add depth, warmth and balance to orchestral performances, bringing life to scenes of romance, ...

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 ...

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 ...