Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance ...

If someone hands you a large, spiral seashell, chances are that your instinct will drive you to hold it up to your ear.

A pioneering study, published in Antiquity, has revealed the possible oldest long-distance communication system documented in ...

Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band, Lincoln Center's jazz series and others from around the world come to his ...

I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many ...

Mount Isa teachers say some students are on a waiting list to receive musical instruments due to an overwhelming demand in the past six months. Strings teacher Yvonne Moore says she believes workshops ...

I doubt that I shall ever hear a more satisfying tone from a brass instrument," a Post-Standard music critic once wrote of ...