Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...

Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band, Lincoln Center's jazz series and others from around the world come to his ...

Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...

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 ...

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...