Claire Chase was a junior high flute student the first time she heard “Density 21.5,” Edgard Varèse’s 1936 modernist landmark for solo flute. To say it had an impact on her would be an understatement.

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

The wing bone of a griffon vulture with five precisely drilled holes in it is the oldest known musical instrument, a 35,000-year-old relic of an early human society that drank beer, played flute and ...

This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

During the last a few months, several groups have come up with interesting publications on how music affects the mind. The first is a report on March 1 from a group from Indiana University in the U.S.

Many great athletes helped lay the foundation for their Major League Baseball careers when they were kids playing in Little League. San Diego native Claire Chase is surely the first internationally ...