A study of over 275 violins suggests that Antonio Stradivari used wood from high-altitude forests in northern Italy to craft ...

Krista Witak, an Elmbrook School District orchestra teacher, was named Civic Music MKE's 2026 Emerging Music Educator of the ...

Salt Lake City violinist Barbara Scowcroft works with valley string players at Jackson Hole Middle School last year. The ...

The program highlights original music shaped by jazz, Iraqi maqam traditions, and collective improvisation, performed by four ...

In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on a Culver City, California, sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem’s iconic four-chord ...

Imagine being handed the bat Barry Bonds used for his record-breaking home run. For the Goldmund String Quartet, playing the ...

Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must now reconsider the ...

Sponsored by the Chinese Women’s Association and written and produced by Kent Brisby and Gingerlily Lowe of Asian Story ...

The ukulele is an accessible instrument that almost anyone can learn to play. It’s an enjoyable way to enter the world of music-making, with all its benefits.

The South African musician spent a decade translating the centuries-old repertoire of the West African kora. He emerged with his a unique sound that isn’t restricted to the grid of the staff or the ...

Music nerds and lovers of fascinating inventions, rejoice! The 10 finalists in Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition were announced recently, and they’re just as weird and ...

The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...