The trombone is a fabulous instrument with an illustrious past. Even so, its usual orchestra position, as New York Times writer Daniel J. Wakin says, is “in the back, by the tuba.” This impressive ...

Each day, thousands of music students head to band practice with their trumpets, trombones and saxophones. But they may want to pay a bit more attention to the way they clean out their instruments ...

The trombone is perhaps the only brass instrument that can—if well played—capture a devastating array of human emotions. It can be made to wail plaintively and growl menacingly. It can be played to ...

Somewhere in Beaverton, a middle school student will play a trumpet that traveled to Japan, was marched across Stanford University's football stadium and played at a wedding reception. There's a ...