Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...

Amplification, feedback or other modern and electronic add-ons apparently aren't necessary to wrest new sounds and fresh experiences from the humble guitar. Two upcoming events will provide unexpected ...

Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. In a hands-on music lesson, Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. There are lots of different sorts of music and plenty of instruments to play it on. In this clip, watch ...

As part of Classic FM’s 30th birthday celebrations, we have published a new interactive book, The Very Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – the perfect introduction to orchestral music for the ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...

When judged by its size, our vocal system fails to impress as a musical instrument. How then can singers produce all those remarkable sounds? The human vocal system would not receive much acclaim if ...