On Wednesday night at the Library of Congress, the opportunity to hear some of history’s most finely crafted instruments doubled as a chance to hear one of the top string quartets of today.
The Theremin turns 100 years old this month, so we thought we’d take a look at this strange instrument. One hundred years ago, a young Russian physicist named Lev Sergeyevich Termen, better ...
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You can donate any band or orchestra instrument except upright pianos and organs. Bringing Music to Life just asks the instruments be in generally good condition. If they need a tune-up or some ...
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