PBS

The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

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 ...
NPR

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
The Columbian

Sound of Battle Ground: Luthier says the climate is ideal for making world-class stringed instruments

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...
PBS

A Tune Waiting for You

Educator Ruth Mork teams up with Don Voegeli to explore music and sound. Don performs “Funiculì, Funiculà” on piano in three distinct styles, then introduces string instruments (violin), woodwinds ...
The New York Times

A Composer and Her (Very) Long String Instrument

Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place with the 40-string, 45-foot-long droning instrument she created decades ago. The sound artist Ellen Fullman near her home in Berkeley, Calif.Credit...Erin ...
The New York Times

At the Met Roof Reopening, These Sculptures Must Be Heard

Along the Manhattan skyline, Jennie C. Jones turns Minimalist sculptures into sonic ‘wind’ instruments. It’s the last Roof Garden commission until 2030. The artist Jennie C. Jones at the Roof Garden ...