When Lydia Swystun travels to your home, she doesn't come alone. Almost permanently attached to her hip is a bag containing a dozen flutes of various sizes and styles. Her extensive collection of ...

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 ...

On Friday afternoon, something unusual happened at Los Angeles International Airport: A passenger had a pleasant travel experience. Specifically, Antonia Cereijido, a producer for NPR’s Latino USA ...

When Future’s “Mask Off” was released earlier this year, the internet remixed its bittersweet tale of drug use with video syncs of kids, cartoons, and Ron Burgundy playing the flute—mimicking the ...

One of the fascinating aspects of Irish traditional music as a “Living Tradition” that keeps up with the times while preserving its essence is exploring what happens behind the scenes of the stage ...

Do you have a favorite instrument? If so, how does hearing that instrument make you feel? Happy? Calm? Maybe it just makes you want to get up and dance! In today’s story we’ll hear about an instrument ...

Family • Wife, Christine; two children: Sam, 8 and Lily, 4 Home • Imperial What he makes • Lee is the owner of Farpoint Flutes and makes custom wooden Native American-style flutes. To reach him, call ...

While growing up in Berkeley in the 1950s and early 1960s, Kathleen Kraft played flute in the Berkeley High Orchestra but never really ?bonded? with her pure silver, modern instrument. Instead, she ...

Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...