Composers have long pushed the boundaries of classical music by writing parts for new and innovative instruments—but not all of them have ended up a permanent fixture in the orchestra … The ...

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 ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

It may be that the oldest musical instrument was found in Divje Babe cave, a Neanderthal site in Slovenia. It is the 43,000-year-old femur of a bear that has two evenly spaced holes and the remains of ...

The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Indiana State School of Music hosted an instrument petting zoo at ...