When classically-trained violinist, Clara Venice, saw her first theremin, it was love at first sight. Now, she is an electronic pop artist who recently released her sophomore EP, Electric Dream. She ...

Make subtle finger movements and refrain from flailing your arms. That is the kind of instruction a group of aspiring musicians recently received at a workshop for the theremin, an eerie-sounding ...

"Mastering the Theremin" covers basic theremin techniques in 6 lessons - and includes exercises designed by Clara Rockmore. Lydia Kavina also performs three of her original compositions for theremin.

The “Play It Loud” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights the star instruments that made music electronic, from Muddy Waters' blues axe to a shard of the psychedelic guitar that Jimi ...

There’s nothing spookier or more haunting than the soaring sounds of a theremin, an instrument that uses electromagnetic fields to produce various pitches when you move your hands around it. You’ve ...

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 ...

The theremin is an unusual instrument. You can play it without touching it. Two antennae generate an electromagnetic field and sense the position of the player's hands. One antenna is vertical and ...