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 ...

Earlier this month at the Defend DACA protest in downtown Oakland, Brass Liberation Orchestra marched among the crowd like pied pipers of the resistance, drawing passersby into the procession with ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This family needs no fanfare! Brass intruments can fit in anywhere: ...

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 ...

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Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Toby Aronson, the “zookeeper” of the Vermont ...

The word of the evening was "stamina." Tugan Sokhiev led the Cleveland Orchestra in a meticulous display of sonic splendor ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced the appointment of James Vaughen as Principal Trumpet (Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. I also play the alto trombone (a smaller higher pitched trombone), the ...