“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

If you had no idea what “music” was, and you came upon “Treasures: Legendary Musical Instruments,” this special exhibition at the Musical Instrument Museum here, you would still know that something ...

This is the second article in "The Art of Listening" series. Last week, I started a series about listening to music. It’s an everyday activity, but something that often gets overlooked, ...

LOWELL — Mariia Gorkun was training to become a professional violinist in the United States when she stumbled upon a closet full of old, donated instruments at her university. They were in “terrible ...

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 ...

A senior official said a set of nominations is being examined today by the committee for inscribing them on this list. The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of ...