The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the orchestra, and a great instrument to learn if you want to play jazz. It got its name from the job it used to do. It used to 'double the bass ...

A chamber orchestra of 20 children uses instruments fashioned out of recycled materials from a landfill where their parents eke out livings as trash-pickers, regularly performing the music of ...

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center recently held its eighth annual PlayIN with the Philadelphia Orchestra during its summer ...

Longtime Cleveland Orchestra percussionist Donald Miller demonstrates the spectrum of sounds possible on his favorite instrument, the bass drum. "It fits my personality," he said.

And at about 10 centimetres wider than a modern instrument the da Salo bass, which has been described as an Elizabethan era "sub-woofer", also presented a practical problem for the players of the day.

If You Go What: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs the world premiere of Salvador Brotons’ Bass Clarinet Concerto. When: 3 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

The local orchestra mixes other instruments such as banjo, bass, guitar and percussion to add to the dominant sound of the ukuleles, which come in various sizes and tones. The orchestra has a ...

Nearly 16 years ago, a scrappy group of mostly queer musicians banded together on a stage with whatever instruments they ...