As the number of string players grew in the orchestra, the flute replaced the quiet recorder. The oboe brought complex, contrasting overtones, plus a limited yet stable tuning range controlled ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The oboe is made of wood (or plastic) with metal keys, and played by ...

Eduardo Sepúlveda will perform Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto in D major as part of The Syracuse Orchestra Masterworks ...

PITTSBURG, Oct. 24. -- The Pittsburg Orchestra will be deprived of the services of the famous oboe player, Albert De Busscher, this season, and the New York Symphony Orchestra will have his services.

Two of the orchestra’s principals, concertmaster Michael Shih and principal violist DJ Cheek, made Mozart’s Sinfonia ...

What is an orchestra? What are the families of the orchestra ... The woodwind family includes the flute, clarinet, oboe and saxophone. All these instruments are blown in slightly different ...