Orchestras normally tune to a concert A played by the oboe. How to play Unlike the clarinet or saxophone, the oboe uses a double reed. The sound is made by blowing a stream of air into the mouthpiece ...

Associate concertmaster Jeanyi Kim will be featured during Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Bach concerts March 21-23.

The oboe player is sometimes asked to play the cor anglais (literally: "English Horn"). This instruments is very similar to the oboe but lower and mellower.

The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach will focus on baroque compositions in a concert Thursday at the Church of Bethesda-by ...

In the orchestra, we had a really great oboe player who was a few years older than me and I thought she was amazing. After hearing her play, I fell in love with the sound, and started to listen to ...

The oboe brought complex ... When needed, pit players use electronic tuning devices. Some play multiple instruments in each performance, which are tuned in advance and during the performance.

Ever wondered what it’s like to buzz into a trombone mouthpiece, draw a bow across cello strings, play an oboe, or bang on a ...

Hannigan’s warm tone and eloquent expressivity will be much missed. “Playing principal oboe in an orchestra truly is a ...

Andréa Banke performed as the principal oboe with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and worked as a professor of oboe at Wichita ...