Music is a great creative outlet for kids — as well as an easy way to keep them occupied — but you don’t have to buy expensive instruments to encourage your little Mozart to make music. From kids’ ...

He learned the craft from his father and continued to make his instruments by hand. Laubin oboes are cherished for their dark and rich tone. By Alex Vadukul Paul Laubin, a revered oboe maker who was ...

Brittle bursts that mimic cymbals. Deep hollowed notes reminiscent of metal drums. These are some of the surprising sounds that Siberian percussion group Ethnobeat created from Russia’s frozen Lake ...

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 ...

One day, when Ameen Mokdad was 10 years old, he found his father hard at work in their home in Mosul, Iraq. Mokdad's father was an artist, and he was frustrated while trying to begin a painting of a ...

A Fortnite fan suggests turning Festival instruments into Back Blings for more appeal. The idea, inspired by existing guitar Back Blings, offers the potential for drums and generic instruments. Epic ...

Texas Instruments is one of the largest chipmakers in the world. The company is focused on the simple chips that help translate real-world actions into the digital world. Texas Instrument's chips get ...

Few things sound sweeter to an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) member than people talking about recycling. For real music to their ears, however, recyclers need to tune into the ...