Toby Aronson, the “zookeeper” of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Petting Zoo Credit: Courtesy of Vermont Symphony Orchestra Before the pandemic, elementary school children interested in ...

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 ...

Percussion instruments, like the cymbals and bass drum, were only deployed when composers wanted to evoke the Orient or for some special effect. While the 19 th century saw a great deal of technical ...

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 ...

WELCOME TO SOLOS / This is another in an occasional series that profiles local musicians, actors and dancers who normally are seen performing in a group or ensemble. Today, Zachary Lewis focuses on ...

Bringing Music to Life collects donated brass, woodwinds and strings for repair and redistribution to under-resourced school ...

If you were scouting through the internet to find what are the 6 hardest instruments to play for kids in an orchestra, we are going to ease your research with our list. Music has a huge impact on the ...

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 ...