Sean Shepherd’s Quadruple Concerto—featuring flute, oboe, bassoon and clarinet—proved at once clever and substantial in its premiere on Thursday under conductor Fabio Luisi.

A world premiere performance and a revival of a Dallasite’s work show off the orchestra’s ongoing legacy in new music ...

than the lowest note of the oboe. Defining the top end of a clarinet's range is difficult, since many advanced players can produce notes well above the highest notes commonly found in method books. G6 ...

So I decided that I liked the clarinet and that I wanted to give ... In the orchestra, we had a really great oboe player who was a few years older than me and I thought she was amazing.

On Sunday evening, a full house at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill was perfectly content to decline the viewing parties in favor of “A Clarinet Celebration,” a fastidiously ...

The woodwind family includes the flute, clarinet, oboe and saxophone ... stands at the front of the orchestra and directs the players how to play the music. The notes the players should play ...

PITTSBURG, Oct. 24. -- The Pittsburg Orchestra will be deprived of the services of the famous oboe player, Albert De Busscher, this season, and the New York Symphony Orchestra will have his services.

2 Cast Set for TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) at A.R.T. 3 Photos: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL at Boston Lyric Opera 4 Video: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL at Boston Lyric ...

How to play Unlike the clarinet or saxophone, the oboe uses a double reed ... In order to produce higher pitches, the player has to "overblow", or increase the air stream to reach the next harmonic.