Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Over the past 18 years, FourPlay String Quartet have redefined notions of what a string quartet can play. A handful of albums have seen them bring rock'n'roll dynamics and a multitude of influences ...

When you think of bird songs, you probably think of songs that come from their mouths. But hummingbirds have a whole different kind of music—one that comes from their feathers. As they fly, they ...

You’ve never heard violin like this! Dixon’s Violin - is bringing his one-of-a-kind, transformational performance to the Warren Community Center on October 26th. A former technology leader and ...

Violin and viola player Patrick Yim debuts new solo string pieces by seven composers, including four with roots in Hong Kong, in New Waves, released by Albany Records. Yim says he loves the ...

Spiders might soon give you goosebumps in a good way. Strands of spider silk have been used to make violin strings that have a unique and thrilling sound, thanks perhaps to the way the strands deform ...