Before the era of electric instruments, the bass end of music was handled by big stringed instruments or large brass instruments like the tuba. We still have those stringed instruments ...

In a small courtyard dappled with light under a grape arbor 65-year-old Nurdun Esmayil was making handmade folk musical instruments with his family a ...

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Trailblazing musician David Grisman played an influential role in shaping Traverse City mandolinist Don Julin’s latest studio ...

With his solo project, Las Palabras, Cohen — who’s also a member of the popular Brooklyn band !!! — mulls his connection to ...

Local seniors can pick from a variety of activities to keep them busy during retirement. For the musically inclined, one ...

The first half of the German seventeenth century was a time and place of short men with well-tended facial hair. The prevailing style dictated long, ...

"A typical orchestra concert calls for two or maybe three bassoons, but 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' has four, all with rewarding, ...

“It’s like a huge, big jail,” he said ... Requests for regional string instruments and drums are common for detainees from Middle Eastern countries, including Afghanistan.

Armed with a cheap four-string instrument his girlfriend bought him ... eventually becoming first trumpet player in the school’s big band and a composer of several orchestral pieces the group ...

It also offers an extended day for learning, which allows students to learn string instruments in the morning ... “The West Side is a big part of who I am, it’s a big Latino community, I ...