Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Richard Jankowsky announced to music students that the university has authorized the limited resumption of singing and playing of brass and ...

Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind instruments ­-- particularly those in the brass section -- can spread respiratory particles that may carry the COVID-19 virus, according ...

Is it safe to sing in a choir, and play wind and brass instruments again? Here’s what we know about the transmission risks involved in making music, as the world still navigates the coronavirus crisis ...

Over the past few years, musicians and scientists have become aware of the risk of spreading Covid-19 during orchestra practices. Even the Vienna Philharmonic conducted a study to investigate the risk ...

Young Ryan Harrison was diagnosed with the chronic illness as a baby. Although he's managed his condition with an inhaler he would get breathless just standing and talking. But six-months ago he took ...

Part I The Musician's Experience and The Scientific Perspective -- How Musicians Create, Perceive and Use the Sounds of Brass Instruments -- The Scientist's Perspective on Brass Instrument Behaviour - ...

Aerosol generated by playing woodwind and brass instruments is less than that produced when vocalising (speaking and singing) and is no different than a person breathing, new research has found. The ...

Zigmant “Zig” Kanstul is decidedly old school. The 78-year-old runs Kanstul Musical Instruments in Anaheim where his 45 or so workers make brass instruments with soldering irons, baseball bats, Murphy ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. With their creamy musical tone and smartly uniformed players, British brass bands are a living link with the mid-19th ...