OF ALL OF the instruments associated with classical music – violin, cello, piano – the electric guitar remains an unlikely boisterous cousin. Its plugged-in capabilities make it seem like a slick ...

Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard ...

Will's prompt got me thinking. Glenn Branca renders his music on a huge scale: Many of his signature works are long pieces scored for extremely loud forces of alternately tuned (and often rebuilt) ...

will pluck tangos, rags, marches, polkas and some light European classical from the 1880s-1920s era of the mandolin orchestra craze. “Mandolin orchestras, like brass bands, were extremely popular a ...

“The idea of a guitar orchestra came to me after having played in one at San Diego State University,” says Peter Pupping, director of the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra. “I soon realized that the ...

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Here’s your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the ...

Sept. 28-29: Hispanic Heritage Concert Celebration, featuring stellar guitar soloist Koh Kazama, flutist Carol Naveira-Nicholson and violinists Steffen Zeichner and Daniel Andai performing works by ...

From James Henry to Nardi Simpson, Aaron Wyatt, Adam Manning and Nina Korbe, here are First Nations voices making waves in Australia’s classical music scene.

The “more is better” philosophy isn’t always true, but for the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, that recipe has been a resounding success for more than 15 years. The Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra is a ...

Goggans grew up in East Cleveland and the University Circle neighborhood/area knowing early in life that music, he played drums in his family’s church, and performing was his future. When CCGS started ...