This Fall and Winter I need motivation to keep moving forward. Challenge 1 - Record ALL of the Robert Stephenson Twinkle Variations for solo oboe. To that end here is the Theme and Variation [...]
This post is how I make American long scrape reeds at A=442. I am sure there are lots of other ways, but this is the way I have settled on after several years of experimentation. [...]
Hello all, As we are now trying to figure out how to teach online, and someone posted yesterday asking for demonstrations of reed making knots, I thought it was a good time to make [...]
Hello all, I am thinking out loud here. What are we all doing to prevent the spread of illness this year? As we work on our reeds and our students reeds, play in ensembles, etc., [...]
I recently gave a class at Central Michigan University Reed Camp in which I was presenting on the baroque oboe and the Howarth Redgate oboe. At first I was not quite sure [...]
Here are a couple of pictures of my baroque oboe. What I love about baroque oboe, and period instruments in general, is that I feel a great sense of freedom and openness when playing [...]
One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same. Who remembers that one? Here was my first free hand shaped baroque oboe reed that was playable in [...]
Here is the first of the short video series for the sounds utilized in my etude book. This one will cover harmonics. Fingerings and etudes included in my book. Link to book https://www.apakamusic.com/product/expanding-your-toolbox-a-guide-to-beginning-contemporary-techniques-for-oboe/ [...]
We have probably all had to create something we needed as oboe players, swabs, humidifiers, reeducate latch, etc. I made this one while I was a student in Iowa and I am still proud of [...]
Hello all, I just wanted to make a quick announcement. This year at IDRS 2019 in Tampa, Florida, at the University of South Florida, I will be giving my class on "Expanding Your Toolbox: A [...]
