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 ...

There are 8 million stories in the naked city – and at least two dozen glockenspiels. The tinkling tones of more than 20 glockenspiels drifted over Central Park‘s East Meadow in one of nearly 900 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A unique performance Saturday at Independence Mall. A group of musicians played some unusual instruments, in an effort to break a world record. Tia Sadler was out enjoying the ...

Paul Bruce plays his tuba Dec. 16 during the annual TubaChristmas concert at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake) Allen Slater, retired Flathead High School band director, ...

Part of what I like the best about hearing music performed is learning new things – about whether the composer’s style seemed to have his or her “stamp,” or about the harmonics of a particular work, ...

When school marching band becomes just a memory for a former trombone player, where does the once-loved instrument end up? Where does a musician’s trumpet go when its valves are damaged beyond repair?

A lively Lizzo performance called attention to historical instruments constructed out of crystal, but crystal isn’t the only odd material for making music. Sam Walters is the associate editor at ...

Gutsy. That’s the appropriate description for James MacMillan’s latest in-your-face quasi-philosophical/religious musical exposition, “A Deep But Dazzling Darkness,” performed at Spa Little Theatre on ...

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 ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...