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 ...

Josh Santana ’20, ’22, a Lowell native, fell in love with the violin when he was 7 years old after hearing a solo violin performance on television. “The sound was just miraculous, beautiful,” he says.

For the past 50 years, Dr. Stanley Gross has been hand-crafting orchestra string instruments in his spare time. Gross, a 97-year-old Greenwich resident, took up the hobby in 1960 during his years ...

Music allows Sophie Till to reach across continents. She teaches musicians of all skill levels from all different parts of the world the finer points of string instruments. From Marywood University, ...

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 ...

Each December, the New York String Orchestra Seminar (NYSOS)—one of the country’s most respected training programs—offers exceptional string, wind, brass, and timpani students 16 to 23 years of age a ...

Orchestras began tuning to the oboe, in part, because its sound was more penetrating in a performance setting than gut strings. There were also fewer oboes than violins, and in the earliest orchestras ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - An elegant sound fills the Faith Presbyterian Church, from the violins’ vibrant sounds to the cellos’ deep, velvety tones. It’s a talented group of musicians who make up ...

Community Chords: String Orchestra Music from Around the World is a string orchestra concert that combines two important pillars of culture: music and food! In a creative twist on a traditional ...

Haiying Chen was watching her two violinist sons practice with an orchestra for a Chinese New Year performance when the conductor called out the tambourine players for trying to silence the metal ...

THOMASVILLE- The Thomasville City Schools String Orchestra Program recently had the opportunity to perform a selection at Disney Springs as part of the Music in the Parks program, while also enjoying ...