Decades ago, Ripley’s Believe It or Not clued readers in about the English horn. The instrument, it declared, is “neither English nor a horn.” In fact, there’s little agreement about where the name of ...

BOSTON — On a winter day 14 years ago, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced that it had finally found a new principal flutist. The search had not been easy. Two hundred and fifty-one players had ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s not the sound you’d expect to hear coming from bar and perhaps, not exactly who you’d expect that sound to be coming from. “They probably think I’m a tuba player, not an ...

A beloved member of the Greater Miami Symphonic Band, Janice Thomson, 62, died Monday, Nov. 11, after sustaining severe head injuries and internal bleeding after she fell down the steps at UM’s ...

A Miami symphony oboe player died after she tumbled down a flight of stairs minutes before a season-opening concert performance, the group said. Greater Miami Symphonic Band member Janice Thomson, 62, ...

The oboe, revered for its intimate and affecting sound, challenges musicians who create its beauty in ways concealed from most who love its sonorities. It’s an instrument with a history that goes back ...

The details What: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Classics concert. When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Where: Crouse-Hinds Concert Theatre, John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St., Syracuse.

William Perry Baker was introduced to the oboe in high school, and a lifelong musical romance followed. Along the way, Baker taught, mentored and amused scores of younger oboists, many of whom are now ...