JACKSONVILLE — Michael Maxwell showed off his bassoon reeds like some might show off their jewelry, or collection of fine cigars. The Jacksonville State University graduate and Fayetteville, Ga., ...

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 ...

It takes incredible skill and commitment to play a musical instrument, especially an instrument that requires a double reed like the oboe! Instruments rely on the vibrations of sound waves in order to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...