The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...

Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

A mesmerizing world of sounds exists beyond the conventions of melodic development. Among the prime inhabitants of this special realm are percussion instruments, which explore matters of rhythm, ...

The finalists for Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition just dropped.

Members of the award-winning ensemble Sō Percussion will give a talk on “Found Sounds” Tuesday, March 4 at 7pm, a presentation of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Soundtracks Series at the ...

The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...

India is well known for its rich musical culture and repertoire, but the country's musical heritage extends far beyond sitars ...