As you might have guessed, that means this is an instrument family with a huge amount of variety, ranging from the triangle to large keyboard percussion instruments like the xylophone. But broadly ...

What is an orchestra? What are the families ... way by buzzing into the mouthpiece. The bigger instruments create a lower sound. The percussion family includes the timpani drums, bass drum ...

Arie and her family ... Kids' Orchestra program manager, then introduced the concepts of sound waves, vibrations and music beats. Ramirez, also a percussionist, used many of the same instruments ...

Musical series program features world premiere of Peter Boyer's "Festive Fanfare" in honor of Akron’s bicentennial along with works by Mussorgsky and others. The concert will be conducted by Boyer and ...

By the 1800s, the size and instrumentation were much like the modern orchestra. An order was added to the tuning ritual, with ...