In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is ...

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 ...

The orchestra, featuring medical professionals from Duke and the local community, plays a free concert Dec. 15 focusing on climate change Tony Huang has been playing the violin since he was a kid ...

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Very few people ever have the opportunity to search for a violin worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Most of us, though, know what it’s like to go on a date. As it turns out, the two experiences ...

In the arts world, the only thing more surprising than a gift of $1 million may be a gift of $1 million with some of that money earmarked for the purchase of a violin. The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra ...

Violinist Julia Sakharova stands for a portrait Feb. 16 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Sakharova, who lives in the greater St. Louis area, has been named Orchestra ...

LEXINGTON — Lexington's high school orchestra will have to replace some serious talent next year. The village produced seven performers to play with the Ohio Music Education All-State Orchestra ...

The Violin Alone is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

They may have sensed, as well, that acoustical challenges are not the only difficulty rock-fusion works pose. Rock fans often hear the results as watered down, while classical listeners hear them as ...