Plans on how to prevent the spread of illness
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., [...]
March 2020
October 2019
Just for fun
When your spouse knows you all too well
Happy Fall!
The official transition from summer to fall has begun! May the reeds rain down like leaves🍁 #oboe #oboereeds #oboeplayer #oboelife #reeds #idrs
July 2019
IDRS Class on Contemporary Techniques
Thank you for coming! There was a larger than expected crowd and while I was very excited to see everyone there were not enough handouts to go around. So here is the promised handout in [...]
Baroque Oboe and Redgate Oboe class
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 [...]
June 2019
What’s that? Oh it’s the Baroque oboe
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 [...]
Contemporary Techniques for Oboe- Glissandi and Pitch Bend
Glissandi can be done on oboe with knowledge of when the breaks of a gliss happen and how to bridge those gaps. For instance, certain notes are easy to gliss between while others are [...]
May 2019
Albinoni Concerto in D minor, Op 9 No 2, Performance July 14, 2019, 4:00 at St. Ambrose Cellars in Beulah, MI
I am excited to announce that on July 14, 2019, 4:00 pm at the St. Ambrose Cellars (yes, they make mead there!!) in Beulah, Michigan, I have the opportunity to play the Albinoni Concerto in [...]
Spot the difference!
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 [...]
Double Trills
Here is video #2 for Double Trills. They are so much fun to play and practice, and quite possibly the easiest of the contemporary techniques to start with! Keep in mind there are [...]