The name actually comes from the lute, a 15th century French instrument that looks like a bloated banjo. People who made lutes were called luthiers. When the violin, viola, bass and cello came along, ...

JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its location in Claremont is the result of the arts-friendly college culture of ...

One bout of COVID, which left Robinson truly fighting for his life, and a couple years later, the performing world slowly ...

Amid the chaos of the sinking ship, a string quartet plays the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, before violinist and actor Jonathan Evans-Jones says the famous line “Gentleman, it has been a privilege ...

For me it was a belief. It’s literally something dangerous and sensitive and lethal at the same time. If I feel that someone is treating music less than my expectations or my beliefs, I feel irritated ...

I learned music theory through workshops at New York’s Sing Sing prison. I earned my stripes by singing for boisterous crowds ...

Ashby and Bill Strickland, former president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, in 2008 created the Pittsburgh Jazz ...

This year, the Fiddlers will present “Stravaig: A Musical Ramble” on Friday in Davis, Saturday in San Rafael and Sunday in ...

Music is the most beautiful and powerful force I know in the world. It brings people together with positivity and love and ...

When he was growing up in Dubai in the 1990s and early aughts, there was nowhere to obtain classical sheet music ... keeping themselves steady while you have your eye on the prize.” ...