Varun Kataria owns various nightlife venues in Bushwick, Brooklyn. His Sundays usually begin with creative projects and end with his dog, Mushroom. By Sara Aridi At the New York Philharmonic, the ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Local musicians Ben Suchy and Danny Savage have teamed up through a grant to create music and expand their one-man-band performances.

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

After retiring from social work, Ken Arney wanted to pick up a hobby to fill his time. He picked up a few old music instruments, but instead of learning how to play them, he decided to give the ...

The idea of listening to some off-key chords may not seem ideal. But, contrary to popular belief, most parents actually want their kids to learn a musical instrument. A new study conducted by OnePoll ...

Instruments that translate electronic music into physical actions and acoustic instruments that sound as space-age as any synthesizer are just some of the 20 semi-finalists in the 2015 Guthman Musical ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- "Hold your head up high and blow." Those were the instructions that Sioux City Symphony Orchestra musician Stephanie Kocher gave to 8-year-old Logan Cain as he tried to play the ...

Conn Selmer Inc., which is based in Elkhart, Indiana, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, "informed workers that it is shutting down its ...

Wendy Hargreaves does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar. By Alex Traub Households with three or more children have declined sharply in ...