If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One

The oboe has 500 parts. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical ...
St. Louis American

SLSO oboe and bassoon play the sounds of smiles at the Sheldon

Composer Jeff Scott. Courtesy of Jeff Scott's Instagram. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Live at the Sheldon series was the best thing to come out of the renovation of Powell Hall, which left the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

MUSIC: Principal oboist blooms for ASO’s ‘Fairies & Flowers’ program

Leanna Renfro, the Arkansas Symphony’s principal oboist, is looking forward to getting out front for a bit for this weekend’s Masterworks concerts. “Just to be able to perform with my colleagues,” ...
Capital Press

WSU music student plays harvest concerts for farm families

Washington State University graduate student Calby Van Hollebeke performed several chamber music concerts for harvesting farm families in the greater Palouse area. Van Hollebeke is in the second year ...