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 ...

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 ...

New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras last week with that signature brass band sound. In the seven years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, a local man has played a role in bringing that sound ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

POWELL — A donation of 20 rare brass instruments to Northwest College may bring a new sound to the Trapper music department. The tubas, helicons and sousaphones — some more than 130 years old — are a ...

An auction of scientific, technological, and musical instruments, soon to be held at Bonhams Auction House in the UK, will headline with a 1941 M4 Enigma machine used by the German military during ...

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 ...

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 ...

Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...