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William Christie will return for his annual concert with Juilliard415 on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in Alice Tully Hall. Christie is currently an artist in...

The Prophonic 14x5 Brass Shell Snare Drum from Majestic Percussion is crafted entirely from 1mm brass, giving it a thin...

The 17” & 19” XSR Fast Crashes and the 22” XSR Ride are professional-level B20 cast cymbals are the newest...

These banjo strings from Optima use gold to make the strings soft to the touch, and are handmade in Germany.

It takes so much more to run the band than just the instruments we play to make music.

My experience as a music student did not include exposure to today’s drum corps performances.

It is rare to hear a string player be anything but enthusiastic when it comes to playing with other musicians of...

Diamonds. Gold. Distinctions. Records. Just a few of the words that describe the 2017 Drum Corps International World Championship Finals. 

Did you know that the music for “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the great patriotic song of the North in the American Civil...

There’s nothing quite like watching a child bond with their grandparents over a 1959 Selmer sax, passing your trumpet down to a new...

Fourth of July concerts brought out every level of U.S. military band and orchestra all across the nation.

I saw this image posted on Facebook by my friend, Julie Duty, founder of United Sound. It was, in a word, heartbreaking.