Members of the Lawrence Woodwind Quintet prepare to play a song as children line up in the foreground, ready to march to the music at the Lawrence Public Library. On the left, library youth services coordinator Joyce Steiner prepares to lead the children.

Joyce Steiner, the youth services coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library, leads a march to classical music Saturday at the library, as 4-year-old Alice Zella Lubin-Meyer proudly follows.

Sounds of buzzing, blowing, stomping and giggling filled the Lawrence Public Library auditorium Saturday once again, thanks to the Lawrence Woodwind Quintet.

Once a long-standing tradition to bring classical music and music education to youth at the library, it was revived after a 15 year hiatus.

“It’s great to have them back,” said Joyce Steiner, the library’s youth services coordinator.

About 65 people, mostly parents and children, enjoyed the sounds and musical interaction with the group.

“She was listening intently,” said Brenda Inman of her daughter Avery, 3. She and her husband, Adam, also brought their 5-month-old daughter, Brady, who was all smiles.

“I feel that people young and old should be exposed to all types of music and I’m glad the library can provide that,” she said.

Musical education is one of the main objectives of the quintet, led by Stuart Levine, 75, also the group’s French horn player. And all the while it doesn’t feel like a lesson at all.

“They allowed kids to be exactly who they are,” Inman said.

Steiner led children on a Liberty Bell “Jayhawk” Parade around the room, as they learned a one-two rhythm by marching in circles.

Levine demonstrated how each instrument – an oboe, flute, bassoon and clarinet – is made by using unusual objects, such as a shower hose, a straw and a sea shell he picked up in Costa Rica.

“Children are the best listeners,” Levine said.

Spreading the sound waves of classical “adult” music to young ears is something Levine hopes the group can continue to do at the library, where the original quintet debuted in the 1960s, and in Lawrence schools. Levine said he’s seen numerous studies that show children who learn how to play an instrument or are at least exposed to instrumental music do significantly better in school. As long as funding keeps coming their way, something that has been a struggle for the group for years, they will continue to spread the music.