Composer Jeff Scott. Courtesy of Jeff Scott's Instagram. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Live at the Sheldon series was the best thing to come out of the renovation of Powell Hall, which left the ...

Members of the State University at Fredonia Oboe Studio include, from left, Maeve Roman, Brie Ventrice, Margaret Maxwell, Lydia Bilski, Allison Dana and Ben Yoder. FREDONIA — Oboe Day, a comprehensive ...

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; ...

Shannon Murphy could have chosen any musical instrument she wanted, but the desire to be different prompted her to pick the oboe, a double-reed instrument considered one of the most difficult to play.

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 ...

The oboe has been a regular fixture in classical orchestras since the Baroque era – but its melancholic, singing tone is also an essential ingredient in some of the best-known pop bangers. Before we ...