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 ...

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

Summary: A breezy, often humorous account of what happens when an elderly non-musician decides to play the music of Beethoven, Mozart and others, with just 12 lessons on each of the string, woodwind ...

Of the four instruments represented in a modern symphony orchestra string section — violin, viola, cello and contrabass — the cello is the most versatile. In a traditional ensemble context, whether ...

Laura Case does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

When the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra became one of the few orchestras in the country to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, CEO Amanda Stringer knew exactly what she wanted to ...