DENVER — The sounds of school have a different meaning in the band room for sophomore Sam Riggleman, who plays the trombone and the double bass in orchestra at George Washington High School. "I feel ...

Nov. 4—The faint sounds of a tuba playing the songs of German composer Richard Wagner could be heard Monday through the halls of the Albuquerque Public Schools' Lincoln Complex. Chris Smith was ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma rehearses with, from right, LAUSD student Porche Brinker, noted violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and former LAUSD student Ismerai Calcaneo. They performed at a fundraiser Sunday for the ...

WARREN, Pa. — Katie Ferrie is a luthier — one who makes or repairs stringed instruments. And she sells herself best by calling herself “a repairman who plays.” Ferrie, originally from Erie, Pa., has ...

After so many dents, dings, scratches and scuffs, it’s hard to imagine music sounding from a trumpet that looks like a twisted piece of brass. Daniel Parker, CEO and President of the Colorado ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Have you ever wondered what happens to a flute, a trombone, or a violin when it goes kaput? Now introducing instrument repair technicians, or perhaps they should be called ...

Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play. Leo Zhang, a student at Mayfair Elementary, will learn to play a ...

FARGO - Summertime is high-season for Glenn Miller, the sole string instrument technician at Christian Eggert Violins. While the area's young musicians are playing summer sports, pool-hopping and ...

Vega Productions Executive Director Caitlin Marlotte and Board Member Max Kittel carefully wheel out a stack of instruments from Minnesota State Southeast College's Band Instrument Repair Program on ...

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — No matter where you see a show in Nashville, there's a fair chance you've heard an instrument that has passed through a little shop. "I love taking a sick instrument and ...

TV creator Chuck Lorre’s foundation gives $1 million to safeguard the future of an LAUSD program providing free, repaired instruments. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma marked the occasion by performing with students ...