History The viola dates from around the same time as the violin, its smaller brother, in the early 16th Century. It has evolved over the centuries, becoming prominent in the 18th Century. Its role as ...

The whole program was, in fact, abnormally well endowed with uninspired music. Beethoven's ... (1824), actually transcribes for viola a work for an extinct instrument. A Viennese violin maker ...

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. What do you like most about playing in an orchestra?

The collection of three violins, one viola and one violoncello ... that never impacted the earthy feel of the music — and the instruments themselves contributed to the quartet’s intimate ...

Mana Music Hawaii founder Joshua Nakazawa saw his work and asked for some eco-friendly instruments. So Duerinck created two violins, a viola and a cello with gold leaf inlays of designs inspired ...

A music student at Scranton Middle School in Brighton received an honor recently by being named to the Michigan Middle School ...

The University of Wyoming Department of Music will present “An Evening of Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital ...