Sitting one behind the other at the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, two woodwinds joined tempos and exchanged vows. Andrea Banke, the company’s principal oboist, recently married Scott Charles Oakes, the ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

Study says the naturalistic respiratory muscle training with high resistance wind instruments may potentially reduce musicians' risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Study says the naturalistic ...

Eugene Izotov has been the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboist since 2005. In the midst of While on the orchestra’s recent European tour, he spoke about his instrument as well as the perils ...

Decades ago, Ripley’s Believe It or Not clued readers in about the English horn. The instrument, it declared, is “neither English nor a horn.” In fact, there’s little agreement about where the name of ...

Listener Karen Birch of Miami offers us a peek into the world of oboe players. To prepare to play the instrument, the double-reed mouthpiece must be prepped. It's critical to a good sound. Birch walks ...

Andrea Ridilla, Professor of Music (Oboe) has received a prestigious invitation to join with esteemed international cadre of double reed artists in a project funded by a grant from the Ministry of ...

The Department of Music at Miami University will present its annual Double Reed Day on Saturday, April 6 from 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. in Presser Hall at 501 S. Patterson Avenue on the Oxford campus.

Morehead State’s Department of Music, Theater and Dance will hold Double Reed Day on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Baird Music Hall. The event is free and open to all beginner, ...