Sheet music is a way to write music on paper. It is the accepted standard for most instruments and most musicians have at least a basic understanding of it (whereas ...

Pink Martini bill themselves as a "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon. Formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale, the band blends lounge, jazz and Latin music to arrive a ...

Featured in everything from film soundtracks to folk music, the sound of the cello is unmistakable -- and profoundly affecting. It may take courage, but you too can learn how to ...

Tara Klein is a cellist and one of the 3 finalists in the 2008 My Grammy Moment contest. Tera Klein has graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music ...

Joanna Newsom is a singer-songwriter from California who released her debut album in 2004. Her music is influenced by her training not only as a classical harpist, but also from ...

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer John Paul Jones was an in-demand session player before he joined forces with Jimmy Page in the band that would become Led Zeppelin.

Ethel is an American string quartet based in New York City. Dedicated to the performance of new music, their sound is difficult to categorize and has been described as a ...