PBS

The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

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 ...
Berkshire Eagle

Word of the Week: Symphony. And the fascinating origins of orchestral instruments and their names, from strings to percussion

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 ...

Delaware's Calidore unlock origin story of their golden instruments

When you're in a world-class chamber group like The Calidore String Quartet in Delaware, each instrument carries a colorful ...
NPR

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
Iowa Public Radio

Violins from the Holocaust are being played at concerts across Iowa this spring

Violins of Hope, a project built around a private collection of over 70 restored instruments connected to Jewish musicians ...

'No one has ever regretted doing music. Many people regret quitting': Jerilynn Harris honored as best school orchestra director of the year

The seventh-graders walked into Jerilynn Harris' orchestra class just before 9:25 a.m. Kids set up cellos bigger than their ...