The London Symphony Orchestra’s Olivier Stankiewicz was the soloist for the premiere of Colin Matthews’s oboe concerto; Rachmaninov and Bartók followed, with Chan compelling and clear ...

After four years of discipline and dedication, University of Arizona senior Maya Griswold is on her way to completing her undergraduate in music and is looking towards the future. Following her final ...

No one has ever become world-famous by playing the oboe. Although the instrument has an integral role in the orchestral ecosystem—every ensemble tunes to its piercing A—the sweet-and-sour tang of its ...

The Music at Messiah classical music series takes place in in the main sanctuary of Messiah Lutheran Church, 7740 U.S. 72 in Madison. MADISON, Alabama - The second in the Music at Messiah 2013-2014 ...

Eugene Izotov has been the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboist since 2005. In the midst of While on the orchestra’s recent European tour, he spoke about his instrument as well as the perils ...

“‘The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom,’” says Maya Angelou in ...

It's a stretch, but there are actually a few ways to link Bill Aikens, principal oboist with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, with John de Lancie. De Lancie, also an oboist, was the U.S. Army ...

The prehistory of the oboe / Geoffrey Burgess -- From consort oboe to 'eloquent' oboe, 1610-1680 / Bruce Haynes -- The sprightly hautboy, 1680-1760 / Bruce Haynes -- From classical hautboy to keyed ...

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; ...