Take a musical journey back in time when Courtly Noyse brings music from the Renaissance — along with reproduction instruments of that era — to the Rancho Bernardo Library.

This name was also used for its predecessor, the shawm, from which the basic form of the hautbois was derived. Major differences between the two instruments include the division of the hautbois into ...

Wu Man will be performing Sunday at 4 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium, accompanied by the Bay Area Shawm Band. Wu Man is internationally renowned for her musical abilities with the pipa, a 2,000-year-old ...

Descended from an ancient instrument called a shawm, the oboe makes a beautiful sound. When an orchestra tunes up, the oboe acts as the guide for the other instruments. The oboe player is ...