Conn Selmer Inc., which is based in Elkhart, Indiana, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, "informed workers that it is shutting down its ...

It took decades—a century even, depending how you count—for Adolphe Sax’s invention to take its place in history. The Belgian instrument maker, born 201 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1814, patented the ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

Although, more or less, we think we know all the musical instruments, it’s not really like that. Throughout history there have been many, many, only a good part of them fell into disuse and were ...

Did you know Debussy wrote a solo orchestral piece for saxophone? One of the youngest instruments of the classical world is the saxophone. Although often heavily associated with jazz, the saxophone ...

JAMES CITY — On any given warm winter afternoon along Olde Towne Road in James City County, you’re likely to see and hear Kenneth Piggott playing his saxophone. Piggott practices “on that corner” at ...