As keyboardist with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, I am required to play a variety of instruments, primarily the grand piano but also organ, harpsichord and synthesizer. When original acoustic ...

Orchestra Iowa Maestro Timothy Hankewich adds a little jazz hands flourish after playing the orchestra’s celesta during a photo session Thursday on the Paramount Theatre stage in Cedar Rapids. The ...

There comes a moment in The Nutcracker, a ballet full of fantasy of fantastical music, when the Sugar Plum Fairy dances to a tune you’ve probably heard before. Over plucked string instruments, a ...