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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concerts in the Garden with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on June 23, 2017. Scott Fischer Special to the Star-Telegram Mercedes Bass, the chairman of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra board, is ...