Oklahoman
With the help of a master composer and a folklore duck, Lisa Harvey-Reed will be swimmingly introducing audiences to her instrument for the first time this weekend. I remember I didn t know what an oboe was when they told me I was going to play it back in fourth grade. But the duck has sort of nasal qualities, and certainly primitive oboes had nasal qualities. Hopefully, it s evolved to a little more refined sound at this point. But the duck s melody is like it s swimming . and you can picture the duck swimming along in the pond leisurely when you hear it, said Harvey-Reed, the principal oboist for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.