Music can come from surprising places—even zoo animal enclosures. One group of (human) performers is proving that you don’t even need conventional instruments to make melodies. The Vienna Vegetable ...

"From Ground to Sound" is an original track recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Vegetable Orchestra using only instruments made from vegetables featured in Chipotle restaurants Three months ...

They've got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of ...

Sweetwater now offers band & orchestra instruments and accessories in-store and online. The following was created in collaboration with Sweetwater, a proud partner of Digital Music News. Sweetwater is ...

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 ...

The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is scheduled to perform two concerts featuring historically authentic instruments and music from the 1600s and 1700s this week under the direction of Barthold ...

The oldest string instruments are from 2,500 years ago — and yes, they’ve captured our imaginations and hearts for that long. There’s something about a vibrating string that resonates deep within the ...

There are some pieces of classical music written for young people that, if used well, can have a big impact on kids’ appreciation for classical music and, more specifically, their knowledge of ...

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...

Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected his ...