What if it was EASY?
What if the oboe was easy? I speak about this constantly. We spend a lot of time in The Invincible Oboist class talking […]
What if the oboe was easy? I speak about this constantly. We spend a lot of time in The Invincible Oboist class talking […]
Don’t wait for it. The lowest notes on the oboe are notoriously difficult to play. They don’t want to speak,
It’s never wrong to go back to basics. I was working with a college freshman and she was struggling with
For oboists, endurance is a huge problem. We can play an endlessly long phrase, because of the way the instrument
Thesis: Communication is important. Letting the other person know your CONTEXT is a part of that. Scene: We’re walking the
I got an email from an oboist a while ago, back before COVID. After thanking me for the reeds I
You ARE the music. YOU are the music. It’s not the oboe. It’s YOU. Too many oboists live RIGHT up
Last semester, my student came in with the Hoedown from Copland’s Rodeo. Let me guess, I said – the low
I was out running this morning and I crossed the street to avoid a perfectly nice lady walking her perfectly
I’ve been seeing so many complaints among my friends and colleagues about the quality of their Skype, FaceTime, and Zoom