Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Bruce Yeh was about to perform when a draft swept the sheet music off one of his eight — ...

What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...

They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of ...

A trumpet is the highest pitched brass instrument in an orchestra and a tuba is the lowest pitched brass instrument. Each family of instruments makes their sound in different ways. Explore these ...

By the 1800s, the size and instrumentation were much like the modern orchestra. An order was added to the tuning ritual, with each "family" of instruments taking its turn to tune with the oboe.