Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...
NEW HAVEN -- Sunday afternoons in a blinds-drawn room on the second floor of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, audiences are swept away to a time when the music of the day was played in ...
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments reopened Feb. 25 after renovations with a new exhibition, “Resounding Brass.” The rare instruments on display trace centuries of innovations in the evolution ...
Join Rocky Mountain Brassworks March 16 in Broomfield for a Celtic celebration just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. As an homage to its rich heritage from the British Isles, Rocky Mountain Brassworks ...
A group playing brass instruments in a New York subway once hypnotised a businessman. He was so mesmerised by their music that he stood listening for ages and missed numerous trains. Relaying this ...
Historically the cornet was the quintessential jazz instrument but over a century of its evolution other instruments have also become part of the regular jazz armamentarium. These include common ones ...
They have two rare instruments gathering up dust. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as ...
A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...