HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Acclaimed violinist Ezinma, whose fusion of hip-hop and classical music has made her a viral sensation, is launching a new foundation in Harlem to introduce underserved ...
Imagine, for a moment, this multilayered dilemma. You are a gifted young classical musician, a string player with a passion for communicating your art. And after making it through a conservatory ...
Rose Augustine, who with her late husband developed and manufactured the first nylon guitar strings -- a post-World War II innovation that revolutionized classical guitar playing -- has died. She was ...
Composer Vincent Ott and musician Andrew Loper, known on-stage as Rubber, first met three years ago at an open mic night at ...
The viola player/vocalist and violinist, respectively, behind the Grammy-nominated fusion group Black Violin began playing together in the 1990s, during their days at the Dillard High School of the ...
Brass instruments have “water keys” to drain the accumulated moisture from the instrument. Another, and more accurate, term for water key is “spit valve.” The term spit valve might be debated. It ...
"For the last 17 years on every single airplane flight that I have taken and every train ride I have worn an N95 mask for 17 years, the entire flight, whether it's 21 hours or five hours or eight ...
Acoustic and classical guitars look very similar, both made of wood, both with six strings, and both with the familiar guitar shape with a curved body and long neck. But there are key differences that ...
Given everything the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Young Strings has reached for over its 30-year history, no single student could embody it. But Matthew Morgan might come close. Morgan, who grew up in ...