From Apple Macintosh originator Jef Raskin’s love of the Renaissance-era cornetto to virtual reality pioneer Jarod Lanier’s mastery of various Asian wind and string instruments, there is a long ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – It’s described as the largest musical instrument in the world, yet an audience can barely see it. The historic organ at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City boasts more than ...
Mike Silverman wanted to be an original—just like most new musicians coming onto the already crowded indie music scene. But, he took it one step further than the rest: if he couldn’t manage to create ...
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 ...
A two-year uilleann pipe-making class in Dublin is helping to preserve one of Ireland's oldest traditional instruments. The uilleann pipe-making class is part of Ballyfermot College of Further ...
SAGINAW, MI - With its golden finish shining spectacularly in the spotlight, a historic pipe organ at Saginaw’s Temple Theatre has been a gilded centerpiece and point of pride at the venue for nearly ...
“O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.” So begins the anguished Psalm 94 of the Old Testament. In 1857, German composer Julius Reubke set the Biblical poem to music for the “King of ...
The Montreal-based filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum‘s joyful film The Art of the Shine, which aired on PBS, took the director all over the world, from New York to Toronto, Paris to La Paz, Bolivia, to look ...
The “Lullaby Factory” is a fantastical adventure in design that uses a building’s existing quirks to entertain and delight sick kids. The view from a children’s hospital in London used to be pretty ...