Music for Kids: Woodwind Instruments. Woodwinds are a type of musical instrument that make their sound when a musician blows air into or across the mouthpiece.
They get their name from the fact that most of them were once made of wood. Today many are made of other materials such as metal or plastic. The Oboe is a woodwind instrument There are a lot of types of woodwinds including the flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, bagpipes, and recorder. Music for Kids: Woodwind Instruments. Beginning Band- Sound clips of each instrument. Toledo Symphony Orchestra - Musicians. Pat is from the suburban Cleveland area.
She received her BachelorsDegree in Violin Performance from Bowling Green State University (studied with Young Nam Kim). Honors there included sharing concertmaster duties in the University Orchestra, participating in all Honors music courses, and being selected to the Board of Tutors.Additional summer study was done in Boston (with Louis Krasner) and in San Fransisco (with member of San Fransisco Symphony).Pat has been section violinist with the Toledo Symphony since the fall of 1974. During the past 20 years, her responsibilities have also included, on an occasional basis, serving as Assistant Concertmaster. After joining the Toledo Symphony in September 2000, Merwin Siu has plunged gleefully into all aspects of Toledo’s musical soundscape. Increasingly recognized as a narrator and public speaker, Merwin regularly interacts with audience members on numerous TSO series, as well as presenting pre-concert lectures and discussions.
Instruments of the Orchestra: The Woodwind Family. The instruments in this family all used to be made of wood, which gives them their name.
Today, they are made of wood, metal, plastic or some combination. They are all basically narrow cylinders or pipes, with holes, an opening at the bottom end and a mouthpiece at the top. You play them by blowing air through the mouthpiece (that's the "wind" in "woodwind") and opening or closing the holes with your fingers to change the pitch. DSO Kids. BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Woodwind. Beatboxing Flute "Peter and the Wolf"