Barry Bauguess played modern trumpet until 1984, when he heard a recording featuring the brilliant natural trumpeters Edward Tarr and Don Smithers. A year later, the North Carolina native was a busy ...

Kenneth Goldsmith’s 1690 Albanus violin. Photo by St. John Flynn. This evening at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, faculty and students present “Sharing the Spotlight,” a recital of works ...

‘I didn’t set out to create an institution,’ says music director Martin Pearlman. But that’s exactly what this group has become. The early music movement was in its fledgling days in 1973. That’s when ...

The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is scheduled to perform two concerts featuring historically authentic instruments and music from the 1600s and 1700s this week under the direction of Barthold ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Today, when a violinist plays a Bach sonata, they probably press their bow against metal or synthetic strings. The sonata they’re playing, however, was composed for a violin with ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. Fans ...

The Manoel Theatre has acquired rare baroque musical instruments left by the late instrument builder George Debono. They include a 1888 Broadwood piano, two Viola da Gambas, a bowed string instrument ...

Catherine Bott explores some of the more curious instruments of the baroque era, including the viola d'amore, much loved in for its distinctive tonal colours. Show more The Baroque era saw some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Audacity' composers on unique instruments and baroque touches to add quirk and charm to the score. Danny Bensi and Saunder ...