Earlier this month at the Defend DACA protest in downtown Oakland, Brass Liberation Orchestra marched among the crowd like pied pipers of the resistance, drawing passersby into the procession with ...

I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The french horn (or horn for short) consists of a very long brass tube, which ...

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The tuba is the lowest and biggest brass instrument. It has four or five ...