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. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

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What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments ... the flute across the top of the instrument and you blow air down ...

We don’t associate the great jazzman John Coltrane with the symphony orchestra, but the two find common ground this weekend ...

Johnstown Symphony Orchestra’s Community Strings will begin its spring semester with a first rehearsal at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. David’s Lutheran Church, 401 N. Main St., Davidsville.