David Tudor was born in West Philly in 1926 and, at least for a musical prodigy, his career started out conventionally enough. He began studying the piano at age 6 before switching his focus to the ...

Can a Guatemala-raised classical pianist and cellist who has degrees in music, French literature and romance languages find ...

The Whitefish Education Foundation has a momentous goal to equip over 13,500 music students with adequate instruments over the next few decades. The nonprofit’s first ever capital campaign, titled ...

Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.

New York-based music data and analytics provider, MRC Data, reported that last year 70% of the U.S. music market consists of vintage tunes. While songs might be embracing the past, musical instruments ...

Accompaniments. One-string washtub bass ; Soup can diddley bow ; Electrified stomp box and washboard -- Guitars. Three-string cigar box slide guitar ; Cookie tin guitar ; Fretted four-string tenor ...

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

Will Mosheim, 35, began playing music when he was 10 and plays the guitar, bass, fiddle and banjo as a musician-for-hire in a number of groups. The banjo is his latest instrument - he began playing it ...