'Glorious Strings' In its second chamber series performance of the season, the Aiken Symphony Chamber Orchestra will feature music dominated by works that glorify strings, the backbone of the symphony ...

The Concerto for String Orchestra (1948) is commonly regarded as Grażyna Bacewicz's opus magnum and even called her "Ninth Symphony". It is unquestionably one of the foremost works of 20th century ...

Performance Music at the University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the university’s String Orchestra at 7:30 ...

A New Year's Eve production at the Metropolitan Opera and an intensive string workshop were among the highlights. Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic and the Jazz at Lincoln Center ...

25th Season Spring Concert by the Harford Youth Orchestra and Harford String Orchestra at Edgewood High School on Saturday, Apr. 5. Edgewood High senior Timila Jonchhe plays the flute while performing ...

(From a 1960's interview with Dick Bertel of WTIC Radio, Hartford, Connecticut) Question: Let's discuss some of these other suites. Anderson: Well, in addition to the Christmas Festival which is a big ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Edward Elgar said he learned to write for strings by listening to the music of Handel. Elgar based his Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra on Handel's concerto grosso ...