From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes’ and ...

This is the second ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

The gourds had been sawed in half, hollowed out, painted and left to dry in the sun outside Martin Espino’s temporary Manhattan Beach classroom. Inside, he helped his young students sand, stain and ...

<P> The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra is not the kind of band that scores many gigs in bars. You will mostly find the quintet, or its spinoff trio, at museums, folk festivals and schools &mdash; ...