Don't miss out on the headlines from Festival. Followed categories will be added to My News. The players bow the glasses, and they also strike tam-tam gongs, tap the strings of their instruments with ...

Rock band AC/DC and composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach pair ever so nicely. At least in the mind of longtime violinist Brett Omara, who loves classical music, but thought it needed a little ...

BIRMINGHAM has its first chance to see the new Bond tomorrow – and we’re not talking about 007 actor Daniel Craig. Electric string quartet Bond will reveal their new line-up when they perform a ...

In 1973, a young Seattle violinist named David Harrington heard a broadcast of George Crumb's "Black Angels" for electric string quartet, the composer's response to the Vietnam War. which includes ...

Electronic effects are nothing new for rock musicians. Guitarists in countless bands — from Radiohead to U2 to Boston's own Mission of Burma — use electronic pedals and programs to alter the sound of ...

The Vail Dance Festival continues this weekend with big nights of dance at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater as well as fringe events around town. Master Classes being taught by the world-class dancers ...

The hottest ticket in Chicago classical music at the moment? That’s an easy one. It is the Pacifica Quartet’s Shostakovich string quartet cycle at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall. After the ...

It started as a strand of melody, and then was joined by the bass notes of a cello, and some rhythmic tapping on a violin. The four musicians spun harmonies on top of each other, weaving in and out of ...

Editors roped in a string quartet for a special performance at the 2007 BBC Electric Proms tonight (October 24). Arriving onstage, singer Tom Smith, who was dressed in a black shirt and scarf, blew ...