Many of us first heard it while watching a Looney Tunes cartoon. Have you ever wondered why the oboe begins the tuning? How is the starting note decided? With access to electronic tuning devices ...
Armand and Iyad are top class musicians who have played all over the world, and we are delighted that they are coming to Falkirk as part of their UK-wide tour. Armand Djikoloum (Oboe) was born in ...
L-R: Laura Heard (viola), Norma Dermond (cello) and Edward Benyas (oboe). (Photo by Barry Zepel) As part of its regular outreach to Edmonds and other Snohomish County communities, three members of ...
Although youth performing arts groups are grappling with a decline in charitable giving, that doesn’t stop them from pursuing their mission of enriching lives.
Goodwin says switching rooms for Symphonic Band has been only a minor inconvenience. “It’s less convenient because my oboe is not on [that] side of the building. I keep my oboe in the oboe studio, so ...
Branford Marsalis once said that he played the clarinet until he realized he could get women if he played the sax. On a fall evening in 1973 I sat with my parents in the cafeteria of a local ...