The Philadelphia Orchestra announces the appointment of Nitzan Haroz as principal trombone, effective immediately. Haroz returns to The Philadelphia Orchestra, where he was principal trombone from ...

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 ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This family needs no fanfare! Brass intruments can fit in anywhere: ...

Another year, another Chicago Symphony season opening without a music director on the continent. The years-ahead planning tempo of the world’s biggest classical music organizations means Klaus Mäkelä, ...

John Neurohr first encountered the trombone because of his father, John H. Neurohr, who was a professional musician and trombonist in the Ohio River Valley of West Virginia. One of Neurohr’s family ...

He is the winner of Music International Grand Prix, the 2020 Online Trombone Competition, and two International Trombone Association Competitions. A native of Massachusetts, Wendel started in music as ...

Northwestern faculty member Timothy Higgins became the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new principal trombone in September. He succeeded Jay Friedman, who held the position for 63 years, as the Lisa and ...

In January 1957, Jay Friedman walked into Orchestra Hall for the first time. He was a gangly teenager with a passion for the euphonium. His band director at Hyde Park High School had bought him a ...

When a young girl is choosing an instrument to be her primary musical focus, the slide trombone is far down the list of possibilities — ahead of the tuba but not much else. Having been down that path ...