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 ...

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 critical to a good sound. Birch walks ...

Miami University Department of Music's Professor of Oboe, Andrea Ridilla's groundbreaking research about the difference in blowing pressures, and the manipulation of the reed opening (by the ...

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – In the quiet setting of her living room, with her little chihuahua sound asleep on the couch, Jennifer Ownby is working. Applying her craft. Jennifer is in the world of ...

Oboists and bassoon players spend a lot of time watching weather reports from the south of France. You would, too, if your livelihood depended on the quality of your double reed. Keith Koster is the ...

Members of the oboe and bassoon families are attending a reunion in Redlands this week: The University of Redlands School of Music is hosting more than 1,000 musicians at the 42nd Annual Conference of ...

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 ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This section of the orchestra got its name from the fact that many of its ...