Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's something ...

"A primer ... demonstrating the range and special capabilities of each instrument of the orchestra, with examples drawn from the symphonic repertory." Performed by ...

SPRINGFIELD – Orchestral color was on display more than ever before at the Springfield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday evening. Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade” are two ...

The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...