It’s carved from the bone of a cave bear – and it sounds hauntingly beautiful. Archaeologists have found a pre-historic instrument carved from cave bear bones, and it can still be played today. The ...

Sean Arawjo wants people to see — and hear — that playing the flute can be fun. Arawjo is the artistic director of Williamsburg-based Flute Frenzy, a nonprofit that provides instruction and ...

The senior flautist, who has done his research in the structural evolution of the instrument, talks about the spiritual, ...

When Rene Jenkins blows into his digeridoo, all senses are trained on him. Sounding a deep and resonant timbre, he moves through a group with the silent agility of a wild cat, producing a cadence as ...

Lizzo is basking in her historical glory after playing a two-century-old crystal flute previously owned by the fourth president of the United States. The “About Damn Time” and “Truth Hurts” singer, ...

The flute – the reed or pipe or hollow tube across which or through which a human blows to make sound, and then music – is one of the most basic artifacts of life on this planet. Cast your gaze across ...

When did flutes start being held sideways, and are there any that you play vertically instead? We dive into the history of classical music’s transverse instrument. In 2008, at Hohle Fels, a cave in ...

Ever heard or heard of a salpinx, barbiton, aulos, or syrinx? Well, neither has anyone else, for centuries (at least heard them). Until now. Credit: Luca Petrella These ancient instruments were common ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...