On a recent Saturday night, Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, the principal oboist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, returned to her home in Franklin Park after a performance at Heinz Hall. She had ...

Preparing the Reeds for Oboe Practice 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.

Since May this year, he has been performing on a handcrafted violet wood F. Lorée oboe. F. Lorée is the oldest Maison specialized in oboe manufacturing. Ramli won a tenure-track position at The ...

At 26, Liang Wang is new on the job as principal oboe with the New York Philharmonic. He makes his own reeds, spending hours each day hand-crafting the essential equipment with incredible precision.

Northwest Oboe Seminar. The 31st annual Northwest Oboe Seminar for intermediate to advanced oboists is accepting applications until July 31. The seminar is Aug. 16 at First Evange ...

Reed making and the pressure on the brain that comes from blowing into an oboe can do unpredictable things to a person. Advertisement Actually, every instrument does you harm in one way or another ...

The oboe brought complex, contrasting overtones, plus a limited yet stable tuning range controlled mostly by a pair of "fixed ...

Allen owns a 2-inch-thick book titled “Understanding the Oboe Reed.” Of his playing, Anderson says it’s his tenacity and technique that stand out. But there’s also something more.

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 ...

Oboists rarely strike out on their own. James Austin Smith’s recent program at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust—pieces culled entirely from the vaults of the German Democratic Republic—was a ...