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What is a Pipe Organ? — How Sound is Created and the Charm of the Instrument

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Heartland Festival Orchestra Features Oboist Evan Tammen in All-Baroque Program

On Saturday, November 14, the Heartland Festival Orchestra will feature Evan Tammen in two concertos. Tammen, HFO’s principal oboist, will perform Tomaso Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto No. 2 in D minor and ...