Unlike most oboists, I didn’t take up the oboe until I was about 30, after we had our first child and moved to Hingham. What terrific luck that there was a community music school, the South Shore ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once the U.S. became involved in World War II, many young men were eager to enlist. “All my friends were going,” Jim Peterson recalled, “so I decided to go too.” The Navy was Peterson’s first choice. ...

A masterclass in quick-thinking, and how to turn a technical mishap into a museum-worthy viral moment. It happened during a performance of the Berlioz opera The Damnation of Faust at the Barbican, ...