Many of us first heard it while watching a Looney Tunes cartoon. Have you ever wondered why the oboe begins the tuning? How ...

Stuart Breczinski is a New York and Louisiana-based oboist, composer, audio engineer, and educator whose early interest in making unusual sounds on the oboe has developed into a passion for creating ...

The oboe is a double-reed instrument and member of the woodwind family. Oboes are usually made of wood, but there are also oboes made of synthetic materials. The oboe is commonly used in concert bands ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The oboe is made of wood (or plastic) with metal keys, and played by ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A specialized woodwind with a wistful yet powerful tone, the oboe is one of the most expensive instruments you can buy. Professional-grade oboes can sell for almost ...

The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard / on the ...

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

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

The Springfield Chamber Players will continue its 2025 Westfield Athenaeum season with the debut performance of the Springfield Chamber Players' Oboe Quartet.

The Symphony Orchestra at 4 p.m. March 16 will host “Double Concertos: Twice the Fun!” at Hatfield Hall on the campus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. This concert conducted by David Bowden is ...