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Saxophonist Russ Peterson performs with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra during the world premiere of "Noir Concerto No. 1" on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, at North Dakota State University's ...

Some childhood interests turn out to be just a passing fancy. But that was not the case for Fiona Balestrieri when she was a young musician. “My first instrument was actually the fiddle,” she says. “I ...

Musician and bona fide grandmaster James Nyoraku Schlefer will show off his eclectic talent on the shakuhachi — a traditional Japanese wooden flute — in a performance sure to get plenty of one hands ...

Felix Skowronek, a professor of flute at the University of Washington since 1968 and a founding member of the Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet, died Monday night of throat cancer. He was 70. "He was the ...

He raises the hollowed block of wood to his lips, draws a breath and then exhales. An F-sharp hovers in the morning air and then vanishes. It’s called “first breath,” Kent Bush says. Many flutes come ...

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We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly probing questions – and only accept THE definitive answer. This week: Riverdance creator Michael Flatley The prized possession you value above all others… A ...