Highlighting the Japanese composers and traditional instruments was guest Shawn Tairyu Head. The musician also participated in a pre-show talk with Bloomington Symphony Orchestra music director Ryo ...

Centuries-old Italian-made instruments took centre stage for conductor Gianandrea Noseda's triumphant return to Milan's Teatro alla Scala, leading the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra. When Gianandrea ...

The Symphony for a Broken Orchestra installation of broken instruments at Temple Contemporary (courtesy Robert Blackson) The School District of Philadelphia has over 1,000 broken musical instruments, ...

Musical instruments are taking on new identities as pieces of art through the efforts of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and offering them to the public. The Art of Music is a fundraiser that has ...

Evelena Shermaine Pinder, who works in Philly's pre-K program, strums a zither during rehearsal for "Symphony for a Broken Orchestra." (Emma Lee/WHYY) John McInerney plays a one-string violin during a ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) launched its new initiative, Instrument Playground Online. The Instrument Playground Online is a digital extension of the orchestra’s Instrument ...

DETROIT – Not everyone has the opportunity to learn how to play an instrument or even own one. That’s why the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is holding an instrument drive to give the gift of music to ...