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 ...

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 ...

A group of investors, including businessmen who are twin brothers and amateur violinists, have agreed to buy a controversial collection of rare string instruments from the New Jersey Symphony ...

The Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras (WSSYO) have announced the addition of a new ensemble, Premiere Strings, to its program. Premiere Strings is a string-instruments-only orchestra for young ...

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 ...

String instruments made from migrant boats met with sustained applause as they debuted at Italy's prestigious La Scala opera house in tribute to those who perish attempting the Mediterranean crossing ...

Times might be tough for the record industry, but they’re good for Stevie Blacke. The multi-instrumentalist has appeared on such hit songs as Pink’s “Sober,” Rihanna’s “Rehab” and Hinder’s “Without ...