"I don't think of them as individual pieces," he said. "I'm not thinking about the rim, the neck, this and that. I think of the entire instrument as a whole and how, aesthetically and compositionally, ...

Hallmark senior artist Matt Kesler places handlebars atop a pair of French horns, in preparation for the final stage of a piece he calls “The French Peddler.” The work goes up for auction July 12 at ...

“Sound Formations: Artist, Musician, Instrument Maker,” an exhibition at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, is showcasing handcrafted musical instruments that can also be appreciated as works of art.

On the dim blue walls of the Yale University Art Gallery’s newest exhibition are framed prints with curves and fine details that draw the viewers’ eyes from corner to corner. “Ornament” opened on the ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, a coconut and a spring during a performance of his Recycled Sounds workshop at St. Edmond’s Home for Children. Dendê Macêdo drove his silver ...

Jared Katz is preparing for this month’s ‘Art in Tune’ when certain items in the museum’s extensive instrument collection can be both seen and heard For Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator of musical ...

Musical instruments are taking on new identities as pieces of art through the efforts of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and offering them to the public. The Art of Music is a fundraiser that has ...

IT TAKES ABOUT 250 hours to build a violin. The process begins with some choice cuts of maple and spruce, and — if all goes according to plan — ends with a beautiful piece of handicraft that is also a ...

Instrument makers from around New England will be front and center at this year's Lowell Folk Festival celebrating the art & craft that goes into making the unique sounds that come from the Festival's ...

“Music is so important” – Anna Moiseieva, outgoing Music Executive and incoming Arts Chair, allegedly at some point. Anna is right; music is important, which is why it’s time for me to publicly come ...

The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...