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 ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

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 ...

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...

25th Season Spring Concert by the Harford Youth Orchestra and Harford String Orchestra at Edgewood High School on Saturday, Apr. 5. Edgewood High senior Timila Jonchhe plays the flute while performing ...

Con Brio String Orchestra is bringing inclusivity to UCLA’s music scene. Over the last year, CBSO has since grown to encompass almost 20 members as they prepare to host their first spring concert on ...