After retiring from social work, Ken Arney wanted to pick up a hobby to fill his time. He picked up a few old music instruments, but instead of learning how to play them, he decided to give the ...

, is a brooding rumble of sound. It's the kind of music that says dinosaurs could crash through the windows at any second. But that's not why it had members of the West Houston Concert Band on the ...

Composer Miya Masaoka has started playing the "Laser Koto," a futuristic version of the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, the Koto, that's been around since the 8th century. Masaoka outfitted ...

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 ...

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

Searching for the perfect instrument to start music lessons? Here’s your chance — if you can afford it. A 311-year-old, rare ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

Do you have an old horn around that you don't really give a toot about anymore? That instrument may be just what is needed to help a Beaver Dam elementary school student develop a lifelong love of ...