The humble oboe may not be the first instrument you think of soloing before a symphony orchestra, but Andrew Parker, principal oboe for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, will shine in that rare role ...

You know, the strings get pride of place in the orchestra, occupying prime stage-front real estate and outnumbering the players in the woodwinds, brass and percussion sections. But there are some ...

The Great Neck Library will host an oboe and piano recital featuring works by Mozart, Donizetti, Satie, Rameau, Nielsen and ...

In this episode, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra's Artistic Director, founder, and principal oboist, Alecia Lawyer takes Dacia inside the mind of an oboe player. In this strange world, people grow their ...

Oboe playing, like bird watching and taffy pulling, is a passion that seems to run in families. The earliest famous oboe clan was that of Frenchman Jean Philidor, who played at the court of Louis XIV; ...

Wooster Music Club met April 2 with co-presidents Kathy Helmuth and Louie Miller welcoming members and guests. The performance portion of the meeting started off with a quartet consisting of Annie ...

LOTS OF PEOPLE ask Lola Kirke what it’s like to play a musician on TV. She’s the star of Amazon Studios’ series Mozart in the Jungle, which follows her character, aspiring professional oboist Hailey ...

This week’s program from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra might appear random: Mozart’s Symphony No. 23; German clarinetist-composer Jörg Widmann’s “Partita (Five Reminiscences for ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s not the sound you’d expect to hear coming from bar and perhaps, not exactly who you’d expect that sound to be coming from. “They probably think I’m a tuba player, not an ...