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 ...

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Update: So far, 75 instruments have been donated to the Play it Forward Drive. The symphony has donated 142 instruments to schools and individual students during the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, right, and pianist Yunchan Lim during a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 18, 2025.

On Oct. 18, the Australian Chamber Orchestra performed “The Four Seasons and the Ottomans” at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. The performance revived Vivaldi’s masterpiece alongside the ...

From this 1,000-square foot shop in Westminster comes a product coveted by musicians all over the world. Eric and Michele Trujillo are the owners of Mi Vida Strings, a shop that specializes in ...