Everything You Wanted to Know About the Orchestra* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
By Michela Comparey on April 24, 2023

Orchestral concerts are a lot of fun, but seeing a concert can raise many questions for those who have never been.
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By Michela Comparey on April 24, 2023
Orchestral concerts are a lot of fun, but seeing a concert can raise many questions for those who have never been.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 17, 2023
In Norway's Arctic, the Global Music Vault stores world's music for future generations, hinting at a bleak future.
(Continue reading)By Chris Sivak on April 10, 2023
Investigating AI-generated art and music's influence on artists, its abilities, and concerns about creative processes and artist livelihoods.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 3, 2023
Looking to unravel the mysteries of Beethoven’s life and death, DNA from locks of the master composer’s hair have been sequenced using a genomic analysis.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 3, 2023
Chemistry and music may not seem like related fields, but a researcher from Indiana University has come up with a way of converting the visible light that’s given off by the chemical elements into audio signals.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 27, 2023
The BBC has reversed course on its decision to shutter the BBC Singers chamber choir after significant backlash from musicians, the public, and politicians alike.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on March 20, 2023
More than 950,000 violins are crafted yearly in the small Chinese city of Huangqiao Town.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on March 20, 2023
The mechanisms of how and why we listen to music to fall asleep are the subject of a new study.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on March 13, 2023
We caught up with American pianist and composer Chad Lawson to talk about his classical reinterpretations.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 13, 2023
Simon Webb, the head of orchestras and choirs at the BBC, has announced the closure of the BBC Singers.
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