Alex Tedrow grew up in Shoals, Indiana, playing guitar and hoping to one day become a rock star. "I listened to a lot of ...

The brass family includes the trumpet ... These are all played by hitting, tapping or scraping the instruments. The conductor stands at the front of the orchestra and directs the players how ...

The trombone ranks among a handful of instruments that sound most like the human voice—it represents the adults in “Peanuts,” after all. Cartoons aside, the trombone’s tenor range sits in a natural ...

What a delight to see an almost full Queen’s Hall for a programme solely of contemporary music. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s New Dimensions series, launched this season, sees a host of newer ...

The Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO) will present its annual Children’s Concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Edmonds ...

I wanted to be the next Billie Joe Armstrong,” said Tedrow, who serves as one of three staff arrangers for the U.S. Army Band ...

A TOP young musician is mentoring the next generation of brass players. Alec Banner, 17, one of the country's leading young percussionists, is now the conductor of Shipston Town Band's training band.

The brass instruments can be heard on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released by the group in 1967 and was ...

A new brass festival is set to be held in Chiswick in February with a focus on different aspects of brass performance.

and Louisville Orchestra music director Teddy Abrams has added a number of players and special instruments for concerts Friday and Saturday in Whitney Hall. The additions include a raft of brass ...