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 ...

Folk music is in vogue today. However, when Chris Norman -- one of its most compelling proponents and a force behind its revival -- was starting out 20 years ago, traditional music, as it is called in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These pictures show the beautiful handmade woodwind instruments - crafted by Scotland's last flute maker. George Ormiston has been ...

The remains of a bamboo flute and over 300 wooden tablets with inscriptions from the ancient Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) have been unearthed at an excavation site in the village of Gwanbuk-ri in ...

Mike-El unwrapped a 12-inch-tall, clear crystal and set it gently on the coffee shop table. Meditating with crystals and owl feathers, he said, is how he found his first wooden flute. And making those ...

A box set that includes over nine hours of one musician's output could be considered indulgent. Indulgent yes, unless that musician's last name is Parker. Certainly the family of Parker we're talking ...

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