Brian Calhoun has made guitars for music legends. His latest clients are kids. At what age do most kids start learning how to play guitar? If you ask guitar maker Brian Calhoun, based on conversations ...

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 ...

Ankeny moms created a youth orchestra for young people who want to play stringed instruments since the school district doesn't offer a program.

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Six students in grades three through five at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy (SMG) have been having some very special lessons this school year, and because of a Tennessee Arts Commission grant, ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- On Thursday, Council Traditional School students bounced, bobbed, improvised interpretive dances, and pantomimed violin-playing and conducting in the school auditorium as the Harlem ...

There were no fuzzy animals at the Warm Springs Library. “It’s kind of funny," says Jaime McArdle of the Allegheny Mountain String Project. "Last year when we did this petting zoo, some of the kids ...

Playing an instrument has many benefits for kids, from boosting academic skills to self-esteem. Learn the right time to start lessons for your budding musician. Playing an instrument has many benefits ...

From violins and pianos to triangles and trumpets, instruments are key to making music. Did you know that there are four different categories of instruments? They are string, brass, woodwind and ...