Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...
In musical terms, this means writing for the orchestral instruments as they currently exist, adding new voices and techniques at the peril of being relegated to special “new music festivals” meant to ...
(L-R) Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley. Photo by Sarah Scott. Courtesy of the artists. Audio production by Todd “Todd Rundgren” Hulslander with harshing of mellows by Dacia Clay and editing by ...
Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for cool, widely learned or otherwise interesting musical instruments. However, we’ll be omitting instruments that are the only one of ...
The guys with the long-hair are very worried about the issue of old music. No wonder. With so many classical music concerts, they have received news that there is some guy running around town playing ...
Classical music is a visible and sustained part of Utah’s culture, supported by strong public-school programs, family ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A Lego guitar and a “war tuba” are among the highlights of this year’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim What ...
(CBS) - I've seen videos of people playing accordion and a drum at the same time (and other varieties like that), but they've got nothing on what this girl can do! Check out this impressive video of a ...
You might say these instruments are money to the ears of savvy collectors and investors. Musical instruments can be valuable assets: guitars can sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars; violins in ...