When one thinks “violin,” the images that come to mind are the Stradivari and Guarneri instruments. When one thinks “violinist,” it is usually the superstar concert soloist — the Hilary Hahns, the ...

EDMONDS — For the first concert of Cascade Symphony’s season, conductor Michael Miropolsky features the main sections of the orchestra. In parts. The Elegie and Finale from Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for ...

TAUNTON – A nonprofit aimed at enriching kids’ lives by teaching them a love for classical music and string instrumentation was started in Taunton by two violinists. “There’s something so powerful ...

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 ...

MERRIAM? For sale: one set of 62 violins, violas, cellos and basses. The price tag is just shy of $1 million, but the results will go toward answering a riddle of music history, so the purchaser’s ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...