An orchestra is a large musical ensemble that includes instruments from four families of instruments. They are: the string section the woodwind section the brass section the percussion section An ...

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 ...

line accompanied by instruments from the woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra. Gershwin chose the clarinet to represent the sound of New York City 'waking up' in the early morning.

The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra’s first instrument drive is being hailed a success after it pulled in dozens of donations. Organizers had aimed to collect about a dozen instruments, but were ...

The youth musical group was brought from Paraguay to B.C. by nonprofit Instruments Beyond Borders, which was inspired by the orchestra which plays on instruments made from garbage.

The Dream Orchestra started with just 13 members. Now there are more than 400, including this group performing at a Nobel Foundation event in Gothenburg, Sweden, in December.

Photo: Jonathan Wong All the instruments used today – there are over 50 in a standard Chinese orchestra, such as the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra – still fall under one of the eight categories.

Now though, that illusion has all changed, as a robot made its debut playing the cello with a symphony orchestra. In a mesmerising piece written by Swedish-born contemporary classical composer and ...