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 ...

The most significant wind instrument in West Africa is the algaita, a large oboe-like instrument. It has a strong, almost piercing sound that can be heard for miles, ideal for open-air festivities and ...

A musician from Lancashire is celebrating 70 years playing with orchestras in two towns. Oboe player Patricia Chippendale, ...

One Alternative, an extraordinary group with great musical prowess, is set to perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center in West Chester. The entire family is encouraged ...

What music does the orchestra play ... The woodwind family includes the flute, clarinet, oboe and saxophone. All these instruments are blown in slightly different ways. You blow the flute across ...

And he adds, “ The voluminous statement of the brass was retaliated by the eloquence of the hnai (Myanmar/Burmese oboe). The accents ... As more western instruments were folded into a Myanmar/Burmese ...

With its 43 season well underway, the Fairmont Chamber Music Society welcomes the Frisson Oboe Quarter to the city next ...

This attribute can be seen most strongly in the Reamker where the music supports the dynamic nuances of the story. The ensemble consists of the following instruments: sralai (quadruple-reed oboe), ...

Sharon Choa draws inspired playing from City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and oboe and harp soloists, until lack of balance lets them down It is almost unimaginable that a programme billed as "Czech ...

Violinist Benjamin Beilman made a sensation as a soloist in Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Cincinnati Symphony ...

A jam-packed Garde Arts Center helped usher in a new season of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night ...