Dr. Ajit Abeysekera has been dreaming of establishing an orchestra made up entirely of wind instruments for nearly 20 years. Now, thanks to the sponsorship of the Dr. Earle de Fonseka Trust and the ...

In the past few years there have been several studies that measure how wind instruments spread aerosols. The information has been used to create guidelines for orchestra and band rehearsals, where ...

CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...

A University of Minnesota study discovers the wind instruments that emit the most aerosols, and are therefore “riskiest” in the transmission of COVID-19. Bass clarinet and tuba were found to be “lower ...

Trumpet players create about 2,500 aerosol particles per liter of air that flows through their instrument. HERBERT NEUBAUER/AFP via Getty Images To stop microbe-carrying droplets from spreading in an ...

Orchestral ensembles have faced many challenges when starting to perform again during the COVID pandemic, and contamination is a chief concern: specifically, whether wind instruments are vectors of ...

The Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Dance, Music and Theatre will present the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fulkerson Recital Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata.

Those playing trumpets and oboes are more likely to spread airborne diseases, while the risk in playing a bass clarinet, involved in a recent Covid-19 infection that resulted in the quarantine of more ...

Stravinsky’s diverse output for piano is headed here by the sophisticated Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments and the gritty Movements for Piano and Orchestra. Bavouzet is sprightly and ...