Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

At 26, Liang Wang is new on the job as principal oboe with the New York Philharmonic. The high-pressure post is made just that much more challenging by a detail of the work: Wang makes his own reeds, ...

If the honking of your kid’s clarinet is driving you mad (don’t worry, we won’t tell), head up to Evanston to hear how woodwinds are really done at this kids’ fare concert. At “Really Resonating Reeds ...