Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The clarinet is played with a reed, which is a very thin piece of wood that ...

HAMAMATSU, Japan -- Hard, fine-grained African blackwood found in Tanzania is one of the best materials for woodwind instruments. One of the densest woods, it has the ideal resonance for oboes and ...

The mysterious Russian company Gresso Ltd. likes to make fancy stuff out of African Blackwood such as its luxury cellphones we’ve shown you, and now those ritzy Russians make a foray into MP3 players ...

David Shifrin, one of only four wind players to have been awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize since the award’s inception in 1974, has been appointed the Samuel S. Sanford Professor in the ...

Late one morning this fall, a man arrived at the workshop behind John Weir’s Toronto home, carrying an unusual, humidity-controlled case. Weir, sitting at his workbench, knew who it was right away.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Bridgetown musician Geoff Bourgault had an extra reason to thank his mum this Mother's Day, after she helped reunite him with his $9,000 ...

Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s. This is FRESH AIR. In modern jazz and ...