Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 14—FAIRMONT — On Tuesday evening, a familiar face will return to Fairmont for a special performance at Central United ...
The plastic Grafton alto saxophone that Charlie Parker played during a 1953 performance has returned to its place in the American Jazz Museum. Charlie Parker’s Grafton alto saxophone has returned to ...
There’s a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The ...
Sidney Smith of Henderson was in middle school when he played a saxophone for the first time. He joined band while sitting in gym class with a friend. The band teacher at the school came looking to ...
Musician and composer Steven Banks returns to Aspen this week to remind audiences to reconsider their understanding of classical music: who it’s by, who it’s for, and what stories can it tell. As a ...
In the 1840s, Adolphe Saxe, a Belgian instrument maker, invented an instrument with the flexibility of the strings, the power of the brass and the variety of tone quality of the woodwinds. Quickly ...
I love composing for a cappella saxophone quartet but have often been intrigued by the possibility of including a trumpet, a trombone, and a rhythm section in my compositions. These instruments add ...