The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

Chineke! Foundation’s founder and artistic and executive Director, Chi-chi Nwanoku, is an ex-sprinter and a founder member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – where she held the position of ...

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has had to put up with its fair share of artist cancellations over the last month, and the ensuing games of musical chairs led to the somewhat implausible scenario of ...