As she started her vocabulary lesson this week at Blythe Academy, second-grade teacher Tonya Long asked her students if they had pencils. A few hands shot up, and the students trotted to the front of ...

Sounds crazy, but it's true. Most young music students understand the road they must travel to become skilled musicians. They must practice their instruments diligently and patiently, and little by ...

French hornist Nathan Olusemire (left) and his twin brother Stephen rehearse at UNCSA with Nathan's teacher Maria Serkin looking on. On Tuesday, a Winston-Salem retirement community hosted two ...

Devon Tucker, band director at South Middle School, will receive the award at the North Dakota Music Educators Association conference in Bismarck. Devon Tucker, band teacher at South Middle School, ...

From the careful preparation of her reeds to long rehearsals, bassoonist Eleni Katz shares a glimpse of her musical journey. Born to a family of artists in Wisconsin, she began playing clarinet until ...

The principal of a Belfast primary school has said he fears music could become the "preserve of the affluent" due to a rise in the fees for young people to learn it. The Education Authority (EA) is to ...

When Nicole Buetti first picked up the bassoon, it was supposed to be a not-so-secret weapon in woodwind-on-woodwind combat. She was 11 years old and stuck playing the flute alongside her school ...

Someone keeps texting me while I’m at work, even after I asked her to stop, and I can’t block her, because she’s my 16-year-old daughter. A note sent during school lunch was about music lessons; she ...

The bassoon is rarely heard in a jazz context, but bassist Joe Fonda got the idea to use the instrument in a free-swinging small group format. He incorporated Michael Rabinowitz, one of the few ...

A music expert has warned bagpipes are becoming “critically endangered” - slumping into the bottom five least purchased instruments last year. The traditional Scottish instrument is not being taken up ...