Reading time: 2 minutes J. Scott Janusch holds an oboe made of Hawaiian kauila wood. The instrument was created through the Hawaiian Oboe Legacy Project, which began in 2016 with a gift from kahuna Ed ...

I started playing the oboe in my late 40s.When I tell people that, they usually widen their eyes and say, 'Wait, the oboe?

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

This eight-work record, some pieces arranged by Daniel, is a dream – despite most of the pieces not being originally written for the performers’ instruments Of the eight works that Nicholas Daniel and ...

Tell us about your journey as a professional musician and how you joined the Philharmonic. I come from an artistic family. My Dad was a pop/rock musician, my Grandfather was an artist and my great ...

MP3tunes announced today the availability of unlimited, free online music storage using its Oboe music locker technology. MP3tunes.com — founded in 2005 by Michael Robertson, creator of MP3.com and ...