Orchestras

Got a new violin or can't figure out how to repair its strings? There's an easy way to tune, and not complicated at all.

Frederic Chopin (pronounced show-pan) is one of those great composers who's music you could easily enjoy...if you only knew they existed. Having been categorized with "classical" composers such...

Learn how to cure and adjust clarinet reeds for excellent performance and tone

Your newest music masterpiece has just been created using your favorite music notation software. However, your musicians are going to find those 8.5 X 11 pages currently churning out of your...

Some say that classical music is a dying genre. I beg to differ. There are wonderful classical music concerts all over the metropolitan area almost daily. Although some are national companies,...

Along with the signature hair, clothes, and music emo/scene kids have their own distinct style of myspace profiles. If you'd like to follow this trend I will teach you the basics of an emo/scene...

Ready for some more!? Oh, yeah, part 8 of this series here on how to make money playing piano; this time we learn how to make money with your talents by joining an orchestra, band or musical...

Learning to play and read music is similar to learning to read words and sentences. It is a series of steps. If the steps are taken in order, then success is assured.

Many people in our day and age find classical music to be too tiresome and boring. Some even find it puts them to sleep! I'd like to make classical music more attractive with these helpful hints.

We’ve all experienced, seen, or at least heard of certain rules for attending a formal orchestra or band concert. These “rules of etiquette” have been in place for many years and they exist to...

Bar chords are a huge part of playing acoustic and electric guitar. Though it seems challenging at first, you'll have to master bar chords to play a lot of songs (especially jack johnson songs)....

Lincoln Center is the largest performing arts center in the world, a complex of 16 acres that celebrates the arts—music, opera, theater, dance, film and education. With a beautiful fountain as its...

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) is one of the most underappreciated of the great German Romantic composers. His music is elegant, expressive, richly melodic and often deeply moving. If...

You don’t have to be a classical music buff to be able to hum a handful of famous tunes by Mozart. Everyone knows the opening theme from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” the “Turkish Rondo” and an aria...

The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was one of the most important composers of the early 20th century. Sibelius was deeply proud of his country and his heritage, and his music is...

The opening notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor are probably the most famous melodic fragment in all of classical music. But what many people fail to realize is that this symphony’s...

Franz Schubert composed his famous Symphony No. 8 in B Minor in 1822. But for some reason he abandoned the project in mid-stream, leaving only two completed movements. Those two movements,...

Many people think that “head-banging” is only appropriate when listening to hard rock, heavy metal, rap or other loud, percussive music. That isn’t necessarily the case. You can head-bang to...

The Symphony No. 4 in A, nicknamed the “Italian” symphony, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1833, a few years after he went on an extensive European tour that included a visit to Italy....

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Symphony, nicknamed the “Eroica” (Italian for “Heroic”), altered the course of musical history. Composed in 1803, the Eroica broke the established rules for the...

Ludwig van Beethoven is considered one of the greatest composers in classical music. If you’re a casual classical music buff, love Beethoven and want to become better acquainted with his work,...

“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (A Little Night Music), particularly the first movement, is one of Mozart’s most famous pieces. This article will give you some ideas and images to think about while you...

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, nicknamed the “New World Symphony,” was written by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak in 1893, during a three-year stay in the United States. Its most famous passage is the...

Imagine the perfect evening picnic: The sun sets slowly behind the horizon, and soon you and your partner are picnicking under the stars. In the background, the strains of classical music fill the...

Classical music is called “classical” for a reason. It has been appreciated for decades. It’s cool enough to be used in Bugs Bunny cartoons and movie soundtracks, such as “Clockwork Orange,” yet...

Vienna, Austria, is the classical music capital of the world. It is filled with the spirits of such immortals as Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, and is the present-day home of the...

“Finlandia,” the beloved symphonic poem by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, was composed and revised during the years 1899 and 1900. During that time, Finland was under the colonial control of the...

Do you want to put your musical ability to work this Holiday season? Weather it's Christmas, Easter or any time, you can do it.