English Horn Purchase Diary: Visiting LA for an Instrument - Part 3: Trial Playing, Touching the Pinnacle of F. Lorée

My journey to find an English horn began at JDR (Japan Double Reed Inc.) in Shinjuku.I doubt there is an oboist in Japan who ...
University of Hawaii

Double-reed dreams come true for UH Mānoa musicians

For the first time in history, musicians represented the University of Hawaiʻi at the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) Conference held in Flagstaff, Arizona. Last summer, the event was ...
Sonic State

Double Reed Wind Instrument Kontakt Library

Soundiron has released Solo Duduk. They tell us that the duduk, an ancient double reed wind instrument indigenous to Armenia, is among the very oldest double reed woodwinds, with a rich, warm ...
inforum

Double-reed instruments on display at annual Winds of Change Festival

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 ...
NPR

Preparing the Reeds for Oboe Practice

Preparing the Reeds for Oboe PracticeListener 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 ...
Miami University

Professor of Music Andrea Ridilla joins global experts in Czech-funded double reed research initiative

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 ...
Vail Daily

Bravo! column: High altitude affects instruments, especially reeds

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 ...
The Digital Universe

BYU Honors Chocolate Chat explores cross-cultural borrowing in music

The Armenian duduk is displayed for students to see. Reed taught students that the duduk is: a double reed woodwind instrument made from apricot wood. (Kaleb Davies) Students gathered to discuss the ...
The Washington Times

Many woodwind musicians make own reeds for their instruments

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 ...