Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1659, and this Saturday challenge serves up a musical term that might catch casual players off guard but rewards those who think beyond common vocabulary..

The Frankenstein-like theorbo is an integral part of the Baroque repertoire because they typically have 14 strings and offer ...

When Indiana met Oregon in October, the game served as the best test yet of whether the Hoosiers were a one-year wonder or a ...

Midsummer’s Music affiliate the Griffon String Quartet will lead a two-day string retreat for violin, viola and cello ...

These days, the string quartet as an ensemble is a tried and true form of chamber music, but it’s only within the past three ...

For one night on Long Island, New York, the heated NHL rivalry between the Islanders and the Rangers was put on ice. Escorted by the Islanders’ Energy Team in front of more than 18,000 fans on ...

Sound on! From conch shells to bone flutes, humans have been making musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. What did prehistoric music sound like? Follow us on a journey to find the oldest ...

THIS, as the admen might tell you, is a chamber-music year. The Lener Quartet arrives from Hungary and gets as much attention as a new dramatic soprano at the Metropolitan. More, I should add, because ...

The Wuxi Grand Theatre shines brightly on the south bank of Taihu Lake at night. Designed to have rooftops like butterfly wings, it has been an important part of the construction of the "City of Music ...

A while back I wrote a column on how the ukulele had made inroads in music far beyond the perceived novelty image of its history — the intimate four-stringed instrument was being used with surprising ...