Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona Youth Orchestra members (from left) Emma Lunglhofer, 15, Kelsey Crider, 15, and Jade Lopez-Oakes, 16, rehearse at Altoona Area High School in preparation for ...

Finals week is approaching and, in addition to studying, a club of students, nearly 150 strong, gather to perform “Snake Eater” from the video game Metal Gear Solid 3, the title theme from Octopath ...

A lack of actual instruments hasn’t stopped the young musicians of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay from achieving national and international fame. Using musical instruments made entirely ...

IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WHEN I GOT AN INSTRUMENT IN MY HAND, I PRACTICED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WAS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL IN HIS EARLY YEARS. RIGHT? FOR THE CONDUCTOR OF THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ...

Creekwood Middle School has been recognized as having one of the best orchestral music programs in the state. The Full Orchestra, comprised of seventh- and eighth-grade band and orchestra students, ...

Woodcrest Elementary students have been learning to play instruments as part of band and orchestra classes. Fifth grade is the first year that students can start playing musical instruments in either ...