The theremin, that strange electronic instrument whose spooky “woo-woo” sounds left its unforgettable mark on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 movie “Spellbound” and the Beach Boys’ classic “Good Vibrations, ” ...

In a darkened movie theater, a spaceship hovers high on the big screen. Eerie music wafts in like ectoplasm filling a room. It’s strange and foreboding, like the sound of a disembodied voice, a ...

While the pandemic has wrought havoc in much of the performing arts world, it's brought unexpectedly sweet music to the ears of Japanese musicologist Masami Takeuchi. Takeuchi is a teacher and ...

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HAMAMATSU, Japan It was a sight fit for an episode of the Twilight Zone: Dressed in black formal wear, a crowd of musicians filed into a concert hall west of Tokyo and sit down to play. But instead of ...

Thereminist Carolina Eyck, to the conductor's left, plays "Sirens: A Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra" with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, as composer Dalit Warshaw watches, following the ...

Bluesman Robert Pete Williams once declared that his inspiration for playing was all around, claiming the music itself was in the air. In Asheville this week, people will actually be playing the air ...

LEWISBURG — The New York Theremin Society will perform in a Halloween-inspired concert on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market St., Lewisburg. Doors open at 7 p.m. The performance, ...