The performance portion of the meeting started off with a quartet consisting of Annie Gerig on oboe, Kathy Helmuth on flute, Marty Starkey on clarinet and Myra Leeper on piano. Victor Young, ...

These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the strings or plucking. The bigger ones create a lower sound. The woodwind family includes the flute, clarinet, oboe and saxophone.