Have you ever wondered why the oboe begins the tuning? How is the starting note decided? With access to electronic tuning ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's ...

During the Baroque period between around 1600 and 1750, the composition of the orchestra was not standardized, and often used ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes ...

The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra is honored to partner with the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County to bring music to ...

When Armand Diangienda founded the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra -- one of the most famous in Africa -- in 1994, they had so ...

Dr. Ajit Abeysekera has been dreaming of establishing an orchestra made up entirely of wind instruments for nearly 20 years. Now, thanks to the sponsorship of the Dr. Earle de Fonseka Trust and the ...

Tan Dun, the Oscar-winning composer of the music from the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of his compositions "Water Concerto" and ...

When the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs at Symphony Hall, its members dress accordingly: white shirts, black jackets, bow ...

In an age of increasingly sophisticated AI and the fear that one day humans will be made obsolete, the classical music world has remained relatively unfazed, with the prospect of a robotic symphony ...

These factors made the oboe the practical choice as the tuning instrument in the Baroque era. By the 1800s, the size and instrumentation were much like the modern orchestra. An order was added to ...