FARGO - If you called Ilonna Pederson a blowhard, she'd probably take it as a compliment. As the director of the New York Kammermusiker (taken from the German translation for chamber music), Pederson ...

Andrea Ridilla, Professor of Music (Oboe) has received a prestigious invitation to join with esteemed international cadre of double reed artists in a project funded by a grant from the Ministry of ...

Study says the naturalistic respiratory muscle training with high resistance wind instruments may potentially reduce musicians' risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Study says the naturalistic ...

This season, Bravo! has two interns of double-reed heritage, an Oberlin-trained bassoonist and myself, an oboist from Juilliard. Naturally, with two such woodwind musicians, a short vent on the nature ...

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. It's ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - 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 ...

Somebody jack your bassoon? Fear not — the International Double Reed Society has your back. Picture it: Several weeks ago in a seemingly safe, quiet neighborhood of Walnut Creek, Karla Eckholm ...