So when oboists begin, they aren’t playing the popular Gabriel’s Oboe or Penderecki, and you might not wind up playing in a major symphony orchestra like Liang Wang for a while. But they can play some simpler tunes and I say, good start, Sarah! No, she isn’t my student. I just found this on YouTube. [...]
Archive of entries posted on 27th December 2007
Help? Anyone?
There are a lot of oboe works I am not familiar with. I’ll admit that up front. So I just found a CD at iTunes with Jan Thuri on oboe, playing with the Thuri Chamber Orchestra. The CD is called F. X. Thuri Oboe Concertos. I assumed Thuri must be related to Jan, and probably [...]
Shoes!
First we had oboe shoes. And now we have auditions shoes. Just so you know.
Oh Dear …
The musical instruments that are considered woodwind instruments will be equipped with one or two reeds. The shaping of woodwind musical instruments is tubular, and certain woodwinds will have several curves in the tube, which will allow different sounds to be made simply by the shape of the instrument. The musician will place a reed [...]
Congratulations, Scott Bearden!
Scott Bearden won the Chester Ludgin Memorial International Verdi Baritone Competition in November. Read about it here. Scott will be singing the lead in Opera San José’s Rigoletto in February. (Opera San José needs to update a lot of their “where are they now?” bios. I suppose it is pretty difficult to keep up with [...]
Five Ways
This blogger gives you a list of 5 ways to thank your music teacher. Now … what DO I want? REEDS. REEDS. REEDS. Got it? ;-) Okay. Joking. Go to concerts. Practice. Show up to your lessons. Don’t cancel at the last minute. Laugh at my bad jokes. What do I think of TGM’s suggestions? [...]