Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercedes Bass, the chairman of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra board, is gifting $5 million to the organization in celebration ...

A majestic yet underappreciated instrument will get its due in CPAC studio in the Far North’s first major orchestral performance of the year. The North Queensland Chamber Orchestra will feature the ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will be back playing its first symphonic concerts at Bass Performance Hall this weekend, in front of a whole capacity crowd for the first time ...

Mercedes T. Bass’ official title with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is board chair. Unofficially, she is also the orchestra’s biggest fan. The philanthropist recently donated $5 million — to be ...

Dr. Kathleen A. Horvath, Associate Professor of String Education and Pedagogy joined the Case faculty in 2001. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music (Double Bass), a Master of ...

LENOX — At most classical orchestral concerts, the double bass section saws away intently with little recognition, tucked away to the side like wallflowers at a wedding. Unless jazz is on the bill, ...

A second bass might be in his near future. Once Zadinsky finds a buyer for his old instrument, the one that got him through lessons growing up in Seattle and five years at the Curtis Institute of ...

NEW HAVEN -- The second event of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Family Concert Series showcases an instrument seldom featured, the bass, when "Greta's Dream" is performed at the Omni New Haven ...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra bass trombone Charles Vernon didn’t think small when he asked composer James Stephenson to write a concerto for him. “I said: ‘I want something that’s this wonderful piece, ...