Oct 6, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
We're closing out our orchestra series with the one person who doesn't play a single instrument, and yet somehow holds the whole thing together.
Last episode I left you with a riddle — one more part of the orchestra we hadn't covered yet, something that isn't an instrument family at all. If you guessed the conductor,...
Sep 8, 2026
We're wrapping up our orchestra series with the loudest, most colorful family of all — percussion.
Over the last few episodes, we've built an orchestra together one family at a time. We met the strings, then the woodwinds, then the brass. This week we're adding the fourth and final family, and I saved a fun one for...
Aug 25, 2026
Today we're getting to know the brass family — the loud, bright, fun-loving cousins of the orchestra. (And yes, I'm a little biased here, since my daughter plays trumpet. There's just something about the sound of a room full of brass players warming up.)
We talk about what actually makes an instrument "brass"...
Aug 11, 2026
We're kicking off a brand-new series on the podcast, and I could
not be more excited about it. Over the next few episodes, we're
getting to know all four families of the orchestra — strings,
woodwinds, brass, and percussion. (We already spent time
with the strings a while back,...
Meet the
Woodwind Family
