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 ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's something ...

Percussion instruments, like the cymbals and bass drum, were only deployed when composers wanted to evoke the Orient or for some special effect. While the 19 th century saw a great deal of technical ...

Community Children Discover the Magic of the Orchestra at VSU’s Tunes for Tots. The Valdosta Symphony Guild recently ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The world premiere of a percussion extravaganza stole the show on Thursday night in Mandel Hall at Severance Music Center and may have set a record for the most percussion ever ...