For the Philadelphia Orchestra, money isn't everything Nov 25, 2008
The principal oboe, for instance, earned $225,000 in 2006. To ensure long-term stability, the orchestra tackled its capital campaign when the economy was strong. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Student strives to stay on top Nov 25, 2008
She's played oboe for five years and is an experienced alto. She is singing soprano this semester in order to "try something different." Whalen also has an eye for interior design. (Millbrook Round Table, NY)
Trouble engulfs University of Iowa Nov 23, 2008
The death of Weiger, who taught chamber music and oboe, came a week after a former graduate student filed a federal suit against him and the university accusing him of sexually harassing her on a daily basis in 2006-07. In the suit, she said he had made crude sexual comments and also inappropriately touched another female student in class. (Boston Globe)
CPHS Orchestra dominates Region 26 tryouts Nov 21, 2008
First Chair Emily Peterson - Oboe. First Chair Dylan Rolfe - Tuba. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Music listings Nov 20, 2008
Apap will also join oboist Peggy Pearson in Bach's Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe. Beethoven's "Eroica" rounds out the program. (Boston Globe)
Jazz Prof. Dee Spencer's Stevie Wonder project Nov 20, 2008
" A pro since middle school, she gigged around Wilmington in her teens with her high school music teacher, drummer Stan Williams. She learned to play standards and back singers, a skill she put to use when she began working a few years ago with Scott, the famed octogenarian crooner with the high-pitched voice. His free-floating phrasing demands constant focus and split-second response from his accompanists. Spencer got a scholarship to Florida Are she was an oboe major and played clarinet in the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
On the Scene Nov 19, 2008
JANUSCH, SYMPHONY HONOR STRAUSS: J. Scott Janusch, center, principal oboist of the Honolulu Symphony, talked backstage with John Hara, an oboe player in the 1960s, and Kasumi Hara, one of Janusch's former students, after his bravura performance of Richard Strauss' demanding Oboe Concerto in D Major on Nov. 9 in the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Janusch's featured performance capped the first half of the symphony's "All Strauss Experience," which also included works by Richard Strauss Jr.. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Garrett refuses to reinstate funding for National Academy of Music Nov 18, 2008
"As one of our young oboeists put it - when she fronts up to an orchestra to audition, it's not about the piece of paper she may hold in her hand. It's about how well she plays the oboe," he said. Mr Garrett says the needs of current ANAM students would be taken into account during the transfer. (ABC Online)
Local high school students receive music honors Nov 18, 2008
ORCHESTRA: Abigail Hindson, Central, violin; Karen Hill, Central, viola; Madeline Davidson, Onalaska, oboe; Lindsay Roloff, Aquinas, oboe; Amy Yin, Onalaska, clarinet; Grace Lansing, Logan, trumpet; and Jesse Brault, Westby, trombone. TREBLE CHOIR: Leah Ambrose, Logan, soprano; Auriel Nigl, Aquinas, soprano; Kiernan Steiner, Viroqua, soprano; Emily Breuer, Westby, alto; Kristie Waynick, Prairie du Chien, alto; and Bridget Misch, Central, alto. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Classical guitar takes center stage at Symphony Nov 17, 2008
The highlight was a central slow dance with a series of pastoral solos Brian Greene (oboe), Susan McGinn (flute), Julia Richter (piccolo), Ignace Jang (violin), and Kirby Nunez (string bass) before the 'cellos and violas pulled in the full orchestra for the final two robust dances. Falletta dedicated the second half of the concert to one of the monuments of the early 20th century, Sibelius's Symphony No.2. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Musicians play at Barnes & Noble in DeKalb Nov 16, 2008
Owen Ruff, 13, and his oboe instructor Mayumi Miyazaki, 31, play an oboe duet rendition of "Fin ch'han dal vino" by Mozart ... Ruff, 13, and his oboe teacher Miyazaki, 31, performed a piece originally written for a singer to sing in an opera style called Fin ch han dal vino ... But Ruff and Miyazaki played the composition rewritten for an oboe duet, Miyazaki said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Final farewell to a princess Nov 16, 2008
Their Majesties, accompanied by members of the royal family, then ascended the Phra Meru to light the fire for the symbolic cremation, with the haunting Phya Sok lament accompanied by the sobbing pi chanai oboe in the background. After the 21-gun salute, His Majesty lingered momentarily in front of the elaborately carved royal sandlewood urn before leaving the Phra Meru. (Bangkok Post)
Activities for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 Nov 15, 2008
Luther College instrumentalists on oboe, violin, drums and trumpet will be featured. Accompanist will be Linda Kjome Gjerdrum of Mabel, Minn. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
At Symphony Hall, echoes of Tanglewood Nov 14, 2008
In particular William Hudgins (clarinet), Keisuke Wakao (oboe), and Elizabeth Rowe (flute), as well as James Sommerville (horn) brought the second and third movements across with usual vividness. The third-movement string playing was robust without wearing its rusticness on its sleeve; the thunderstorm was an exercise in well-ordered chaos. (Boston Globe)
Students and faculty gather for vigil Nov 13, 2008
Nearly 100 people gathered at a vigil Wednesday night to mourn the death of UI oboe professor Mark Weiger ... After the vigil, two of Weiger's oboe students walked closely together out of the church ... One of her classmates, UI senior Jill Staudt, who had Weiger as a teacher for two years, said the oboe students will pull together and cope. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Honolulu Symphony audience savors Strauss offerings Nov 10, 2008
Amidst a program of popular favorites, the surprise was Richard's rarely performed Oboe Concerto, featuring the Symphony's principal oboist Scott Janusch ... He played with outstanding purity of tone and sleekness of line, master of all that gives oboes such a reputation for being difficult intonation, reed, dynamics, and especially breath control. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Bay Area Concert Band seeking instrumentalists Nov 9, 2008
The band meets from 7:30 to 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Sunset School band room, and is seeking instrumentalists who play the French horn, bassoon, tenor saxophone, flute oboe and percussion. Membership is based on an audition. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Events calendar Nov 7, 2008
The program includes Haydn "Trio in D" for flute, cello and piano; Beethoven "Theme and Variations" for oboe, violin and viola; and Mozart "Piano Quartet in E-flat Major." The ensemble was founded in 1957 and has been in residence at the Vermont Mozart Festival since 1974 ... The program includes Beethoven "String Trio in G Major"; Telemann sonata for flute and oboe; and Turina quartet for piano and strings. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Fort's bandmaster sounds off on old tradition Nov 7, 2008
Because of the current lack of some special musicians, such as an oboist, and there s a lot of solo parts for oboe, parts have to be restructured and arrangements made, she said. When it came to establishing the rock band, there was no guitarist or bass player, soon to be filled, so two trombonists learned to play those instruments, the bandmaster said. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Klang: opening weekend Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Nov 4, 2008
Glanz has more of the am-dram role-playing and stage movement in what is essentially a conversational exchange between clarinet, viola and bassoon, interrupted in turn by oboe, trumpet, trombone and euphonium. In Orchester-Finalisten, from Wednesday's episode of the Licht cycle, 11 instrumentalists audition for places in an orchestra by playing fragments of other Stockhausen works while an eight-channel tape supplies sound from the outside world. (guardian.co.uk)
Hacken to spring surprises at concert Nov 4, 2008
Asked who his guest performer for the Malaysian gig would be, Lee cheekily replied: The Hong Kong musicians who would be playing classical Chinese instruments like the suona (oboe) and the pipa (lute). . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Students tap into favorite things for Words to Music Project Nov 4, 2008
said he found the sand castle poem creative and charming and wrote a piece for choir, oboe and piano. There s an innocence with sand castles creating a world where nothing is wrong with it, an ideal world until the tide comes in, O Shea said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
La Crosse Chamber Chorale concert features songs written using student poetry Nov 4, 2008
Musicians include Pamela Preston Kelly, organ and piano; Barbara Tristano, flute; Mary Beth Hensel, oboe; Nicholas Bailey, violin; Patrick Lindsley, bass; Jeff Strom, xylophone; and Samuel Shilts, percussion. I m really pleased and impressed with the music and poems, Rusterholz said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
All-State music participants named Nov 4, 2008
Band members Sarah Halloran for flute; Elise Berry for oboe; Bethany Olson, Jasmine Singh, Vanessa Hensley and Nick Carlo for clarinet; Mark Lukasiewicz for tenor sax; Louis Redfern for baritone sax; Michael Miller for trumpet; Paul Strike for trombone; Steve Ramsey for bass trombone; and Ian Abbott (Peet Junior High) second alternate for tenor sax. West High School band members Tracy Shirey for flute and Ben Finnegan for alto sax. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Letters to Sunday Datebook Oct 27, 2008
Principal Oboe, San Francisco Symphony. Berkeley. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra musicians, management engage in bitter public battle Oct 23, 2008
"I'm hoping the audience will understand that the things we're asking for are not economic issues," said Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, one of the musician negotiators and the principal oboe player. As for the strike, "The orchestra is extremely united. We're all very much in favor of sticking this out for the long haul.". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Practice, practice Oct 11, 2008
He moved to Boston, where he studied jazz piano and oboe at New England Conservatory, graduating in 1973. But a desire for family and a disdain for life on the road helped solidify a decision to join the emerging family practice program at Harvard Medical School. (Boston Globe)
Composer helps student ensemble with concert Oct 10, 2008
Oboe and English horn player Matt Butterfield (senior-music education) said despite the stress of preparing for a show, it is worth it in the end. "At least for us, we know our efforts pay off. If we can satisfy ourselves in our performance then the audience will be satisfied as well," he said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Free Concert Set For Fort Sep 25, 2008
Dr. Raouf Zaidan, a vocal baritone, is an assistant professor of voice at NSU. Dr. Timothy Woods, a vocal tenor, is the director of choral activities, and an associate professor in conducting, voice, vocal techniques and music history at NSU. Dr. Robert Vodnoy, a noted violinist, is the director of University/Civic Symphony and professor of strings, string pedagogy and literature, and music history at NSU. Ms. Darci Bultema, a vocal soprano, is an assistant professor of music appreciation and... (Marshall County Journal, SD)
Small crowd appreciative of orchestra's effort at CWU event Sep 20, 2008
Married couple George and Candy Rydlinski play the bassoon and oboe with the group, respectively. It s just a neat little group, Dan said. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
No auditions: Concert band thrives on members diverse skills Sep 18, 2008
Earl Clemens heard that the Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band needed an oboe. The Geneva resident worked for 37 years as a music professor teaching education and oboe at Northern Illinois University ... About five years ago, Clemens heard that the concert band needed another oboe player and volunteered his services, he said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Arizona Opera school tour hits high note with kids Sep 10, 2008
Since this is his sixth tour, the 32-year-old Amphitheater High School graduate often encounters students who saw him previously, so he hears from the kids who decided to take up the oboe or to start singing lessons because they were inspired by the show. And, he said, they're almost universally shocked to hear he's actually making a living at something fun like singing - or designing sets or costumes or playing an instrument. (FOX 11, AZ)
UMKC dancers perform 'Peter & the Wolf' Sep 9, 2008
In the story, which has voice-over narration, each of the story's characters is represented by a musical instrument: Bird - flute, Duck - oboe, Cat - clarinet, Grandfather - bassoon, Wolf - 3 French horns, Hunters/Gunshots - woodwinds with timpani and bass drum, and Peter by the string instruments. A dancer in costume played each character in the story, dancing to the appropriate musical themes and acting out the roles as the story was unfolded by the narration. (University News, MO)
Weakly Retort Sep 7, 2008
Instead of a school stocked full of preprogrammed football machines, youve got a campus swarming with oboe players that still live with their parents. Texas 52 Florida Atlantic 10 Colt McCoy puts on his big boy pants and stays on the field long enough to Vince Young his way to 222 yards in the air and 103 yards on the ground and four touchdowns, earning him a share of Big XII Offensive Player of the Week. (RaiderPower.com)
Randy Mastin to take over as music director of La Crosse Area Youth Symphony Orchestras Sep 3, 2008
NEEDED: Youth symphony: violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba and percussion. Philharmonic Orchestra: violin, viola, cello and bass. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Oboe, harpsichord featured in Lanesboro concert Aug 29, 2008
The program will include both old and new, with works by Handel, J.S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, and a new piece for oboe by Roderick Williams. Tickets are 12 for Lanesboro Art Council members and 15 for nonmembers. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Composer gives 'Bonesetter' a Western voice Aug 24, 2008
This Asian fusion of an oboe and trumpet, whose timbre the composer sometimes compares to that of a snake-charmer's instrument and sometimes to "the sound of an animal being slaughtered," figures importantly in the opera's orchestration. "I felt like someone had nailed me to the back wall when I first heard it," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Today in the Cedar Valley Aug 23, 2008
Details: Positions to be filled include section strings, oboe 3/auxiliary English horn, bassoon 2 and bassoon 3/contrabossoon. Musicians should be prepared to play a portion of a solo piece and orchstral excerpts from the WCFSO repertoire list. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] Aug 22, 2008
The program includes Liszts Symphonic Poem No.3 Les Preludes, Hummels Introduction, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra , Op. 10 and Brahms Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
As the Tanglewood season closes, a tide of talent rises Aug 19, 2008
In the pastoral third movement, his slow, deliberate approach was more fitting and the results splendid, starting with a lovely duet of English horn and offstage oboe. Elsewhere, however, there were patches of sloppy ensemble that I took to be a sign of low investment in de Burgos's view of the piece. (Boston Globe)
Osmo Vanska: Coming down from the podium at Mostly Mozart Aug 19, 2008
Examples include Gerard Schwarz, the former New York Philharmonic trumpeter who is music director of the Seattle Symphony, and Edo de Waart, a Vanska predecessor in Minnesota, who played the oboe. Few in this category continue to give concerts. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
West Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim Aug 16, 2008
The quartet of oboe, bassoon, violin and cello, spirited musicians all, were backed by playing of warmth and elegance. Schoenberg's Op 31 Variations for Orchestra brought muddier textures leavened by moments of stark clarity, moulded by Barenboim conducting from memory. (guardian.co.uk)
China: Through the eyes of young musicians (Today) Aug 6, 2008
Amelia Cessna, oboe: "What was really exciting were the different cities. I expected Beijing and Shanghai to be wonderful, but I ended up appreciating Hangzhou and Suzhou even more.". Kevin Halenda, trumpet: "I liked the river walk on the Bundt in old Shanghai. It was like Las Vegas and New York City, all at the same time.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
King Roger and Harnasie at Bard: listen, but don't look Aug 2, 2008
In the original Harnasie scenario, a local country fiddler was the first to appear, accompanied by a plaintive descending solo passage on the oboe. The passage is present here, but there is no fiddler; even though it is through his music and his storytelling talents that the plot was to have unfolded. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
From tragedy to hope Aug 1, 2008
She says she plays 11 instruments by rote, including the organ, piano, violin, guitar, oboe and flute. And, according to those who've heard her, she sings like an angel. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Ary Sutedja: Offering imaginary, real arts fest Jul 31, 2008
Together with her friends, South Korean oboe player Soun Youn Yoon and American violinist Sharon Eng, Ary set up a group called Classical Nuances and toured Korea, Thailand, Britain, the United States, Greece, Kuwait and Australia. She said the JakArt event would also carry an educational message, with several workshops, including scriptwriting, being held throughout the month. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Remembering Norman Dello Joio, composer Jul 29, 2008
Brutal, Dello Joio said, upbraiding him for not knowing things such as the range of the oboe when orchestrating. But that tough taskmastering was exactly what Dello Joio needed, and the advice Hindemith gave him later provided the direction he followed the rest of his writing life. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jewelry dazzles in MFA exhibit Jul 25, 2008
The harmony is so close it's like hearing an oboe and female voice hold the same note until one slides almost imperceptibly down a tone. The colors in a lot of the pieces here put me in mind of the cloudy, blushing hues of Redon or the late, shimmering pastels of Edgar Degas. (Boston Globe)
Michael Palmer, artistic director of the Quartz Mountain Music Festival, is considered one of the nations finest conductors. Jul 21, 2008
The chamber players will perform Mozarts Oboe Quartet, with the phenomenal oboe soloist, Joseph Robinson, formerly with the New York Philharmonic, also String Circle by Kenji Bunch, a musical journey of Americana. The music by Bunch, a contemporary composer, is very accessible and pleasant to listen to, David Palmer said. (Altus Times, OK)
BBCSO/Belohlávek Jul 19, 2008
Mozart and Beethoven, represented by the oboe concerto and the rondo in B flat respectively, suit him infinitely better. There's a spontaneous ease in his Mozart, which is gracious, profound and infinitely appealing. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Found sounds Jul 19, 2008
The final version (right) contains cut up elements of her voice (which she jokingly referred to as a "castrated oboe"), and the sound of several electronic oscillators. The third recording from the archives features actor Nicol Williamson's legendary portrayal of Hamlet. (BBC News -- Technology)
Farve in purple? That's a code blue (95) Jul 19, 2008
Eric Clapton might smash his guitar and play the oboe at the next concert. OK, none of that is likely to happen. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Life, the universe and Kensington Jul 18, 2008
This primer will thus be sketchy: Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24, Oboe Concerto in C Major, Symphony No 34, and Piano Sonata in B flat major, supplemented by Haydn's Cello Concerto No 1 and his Sinfonia Concertante ... Who knows if they are masterpieces, but we will drag Marty to Xenakis's Pleaides, George Benjamin's Ringed by the Flat Horizon, Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto, Magnus Lindberg's Seht die Sonne, Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains, Thomas Ad;s's Tevot and Simon Holt's Troubled... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Composer Pays Hotchkiss Visit Jul 18, 2008
She has created more than 400 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to orchestral works and more than 12 operas, and has been described by USA Today as the "the only English-speaking composer since Benjamin Britten who matches great verse with fine music so intelligently and expressively." "I think of the voice as an instrument as much as a bassoon or an oboe," she said. "I write a great deal of choral music but I like to use American poetry for the words... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Local youths are state piano winners Jul 15, 2008
Davidson said piano is her favorite instrument although she plays violin, oboe and flute as well. Piano gave me my start on everything and is the basis for all the other instruments, Davidson said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
A finely responsive Handel, though not a full one Jul 14, 2008
The disciplined artistry of the other soloists and the wonderful work of the choir and orchestra under Edison (with particular compliments to the obbligato oboe in Gauvin's last aria) conspired to give us a vivid and memorable experience of this Handelian masterwork. Special to The Globe and Mail. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Texas teen isreal 'Guitar Hero' Jul 2, 2008
Hes an accomplished pianist, drummer and oboe player. And Scott, Dannys father, has played a real guitar for over 40 years. (MSNBC -- Technology)
STAYcations: Starkville, MSU boast one of largest music collections in United States Jun 30, 2008
He played the oboe in the Starkville High School band and went on to play the piccolo and oboe in MSU's Famous Maroon Band. He graduated from MSU in 1949. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
"Aida" orchestra will feature real strings in production Jun 28, 2008
Director Dave Larsen comments on the show: "Aida is a musical experience not to be missed. The score by Elton John is a marvelous compilation of many fun styles - pop - r and b - jazz. It has great vocal melodies and wonderful chorus numbers. The dancing will also be superb. The pit for this show is like a synthesized orchestral sound. We will once again be using real strings. There are three keyboard parts and instumentations for alto flute oboe, french horn, percussion, drums and guitar. The... (Ogden Reporter, IA)
In brief: Family Dates: (6/26/08) Jun 26, 2008
Pick up free music sheets for trumpet, trombone, baritone, French horn, sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe and flute at Music Man, 521 W. Tudor Road, and Horn Doctor, 1000 Ingra St. (346-1925). The Imaginarium presents Creepy Crawlies, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Loussac Library, Wilda Marston theatre, 3600 Denali St. Experience a presentation on arthropods and learn about insects and arachnids. (Anchorage Daily News)
Audiobrain Meets NBC: Creating Music for the Beijing Olympics Jun 26, 2008
The goal is to ensure that NBC has the right music for every imaginable Olympic vignette -- from the bouncing marcato strings designed to build suspense in the lead-up segment to the finals of the men's 100-meter dash, to the heavy cello punctuated by a high oboe that creates tension during a profile of a female gymnast's difficult comeback from adversity. To pull off this auditory decathlon, NBC and Audiobrain are digitizing Arbeeny's collection of pop songs, classic-film scores, and original... (FastCompany)
New All-State Band to perform in concert Jun 24, 2008
Oboe: Devin Morton, Ripley. Tenor sax: Walt Henson, New Albany; Cody Roberts, Pontotoc. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Lisa Spector has found the perfect piano pitch for calming that neurotic canine Jun 23, 2008
"I had attended a seminar on psychoacoustics - the study of sound and the human nervous system. I started applying that with the students at my music school, and there was this extreme effect in helping them. I wanted to see how effective this is with dogs, so sound researcher Joshua Leeds and I ran a research study throughout the country, directed by veterinary neurologist Susan Wagner. We recorded four hours of music and we applied the same principles that would be effective for calming... (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Many a golden melody played on an old fiddle Jun 22, 2008
Young oboe player Hsieh Wan-chen ({) was the biggest surprise winner of the evening, beating multiple Golden Melody Award-winner Ouyang Ling-yi (Dy), the internationally acclaimed Taipei Male Choir (dHknX) and pianist Yen Chun-chieh (YT) to walk home with the Best Classical Music Album Award ... Capriccio Pine Breeze X Hsieh Wan-chens Oboe Album (V^CX{oboetM) ... Capriccio Pine Breeze Hsieh Wan-chens Oboe Album... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Municipal Bands schedule concerts Jun 22, 2008
Featured soloist will be Jill Staudt, oboe. Staudt is an undergraduate oboe performance major at the University of Iowa, expecting to graduate in May 2009 ... Jill Staudt, oboe soloist. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
