The composer, who turns 90 this fall, has expanded the spectrum of sounds that instruments produce and that audiences can perceive.

This '80s gem packaged a polysynth, brass and string sections into a single instrument, popping up on records by everyone from Yes and OMD to Phoenix ...

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why ...

Even though the pandemic has put a crimp into some of the orchestra’s outreach, the Meet the Instruments videos keep the educational dream alive.

New Orleans brass bands have come to shape the city’s heartbeat, weaving culture, resilience, and music into every street and celebration.

"To take Germany prior to 1600 as an example, organ pitch there is thought to have varied from a high of A=567 Hz for the first simple pipe organs of the Middle Ages to a low of A=377 Hz for the early ...

Roger Waters is used to rock in a classic way, so when things changed, there was one instrument he could never get used to for its cheapening effects.

Amapiano - a genre born in South Africa's townships during the previous decade -- has rapidly evolved from a local blend of jazz and house music with traditional log drums into a pan-African ...

Music lessons improve reading by boosting sound awareness and helping children process speech more effectively.

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"I was ready to do anything to get my voice to be heard," she says. "I knew that the first step to that was trying to get out of Iceland and see if ... perhaps my voice would resonate more in the big ...