It started after my mother died. She was a concentration-camp survivor—a prodigy concert pianist in Vienna who was taken when she was only a girl. She taught me the piano by holding her hands over ...

Kansas City, MO — Band of Angels is holding their annual instrument drive on Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23. So grab those old instruments collecting dust in your basement and Band of ...

The news comes after the rock band was set to perform at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City this past Saturday. By McKinley Franklin Members of the Grammy-nominated rock band Heart have ...

Many parents would agree it’s hard to call the first few notes a child makes on a rented band instrument “music,” but it’s a necessary step toward eventually learning how to play. “The first sounds on ...

When Melanie Hawthorne Long started teaching at Horizon Middle School nine years ago, there were about 50 students in the band program. Over the next few years, that number rose to over 200. As the ...

EDGEWATER, Colo. — The success of any band starts with the instruments. But sometimes those instruments are really hard to find. "When I first got here, I didn't even know what a tuba was," seventh ...

BRIGHTON, Colo. — A nonprofit's annual instrument drive is helping a rapidly expanding middle school band program overcome financial barriers and ensure every student has access to quality instruments ...

When his son had a great time making box guitars in teacher Peter Eldredge’s second-grade class at Cove Elementary School in Corte Madera, parent Geoffrey Barnard wanted to give back. Barnard, a ...