The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

This library takes percussion to a high ebb, through its solid capture of great playing and instruments, from one of the finest recording venues in the world. Relies on Spitfire’s own plugin, which ...

Wharton Music Center continues its Meet the Orchestra Series focusing on the percussion family on Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. at 60 Locust Ave. in Berkeley Heights. Designed to introduce children to ...

The word “symphony” is ultimately from Greek “symphonia,” concord of sounds, harmony, a meld of “syn-,” together (as in synchronize, synthesis) and “phōnẽ,” sound (as in phonetics, telephone). The ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's something ...

Peter Clarke, 20, left, and Alex Wilson, 17, were preparing to play percussion instruments galore at Oxford Town Hall. They were preparing to be soloists in a concert by the Oxfordshire County Youth ...

Meet TSO's Ryan, Mike and Nathan as they demonstrate pitched percussion instruments. Violetta "VI" Vibrato meets Ryan Bohem, Mike Glaze, and Nathan Tingler with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra at ...

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 ...

Case Camerata Chamber Orchestra is open to all CWRU students, faculty, and community members by audition who desire to perform in a flexible but very high-quality string instrumental music setting.

Is this beautiful music, wonderfully played? Definitely. Is it jazz (or anything close to it)? Afraid not. Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest is chamber music with a classical temperament, ...