Tuning violins and flutes for an orchestral concert is not too difficult. But how do you tune an entire concert hall, let alone one undergoing a dramatic, $125 million-plus redesign and rebuild to ...

The circadian system in humans could be interpreted as a physiological orchestra in which not only the conductor (suprachiasmatic nucleus) but also the different groups of instruments (peripheral ...

Here is the New York Philharmonic in the newly renovated David Geffen Hall, the orchestra’s home at Lincoln Center. A concert hall is only as good as it sounds. And for decades, the Philharmonic’s ...

Stacy Lesartre is the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster, and also the last musician to take the stage. Once Lesartre is on stage, she nods to the principal oboist to play the standard tuning ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...