University of South Florida Class
I wanted to say a big Thank You!! to Amy Collins and the oboe studio at the University of South Florida for making me feel so welcome and for being sooooo receptive to the ideas [...]
March 2019
Howarth-Redgate oboe!!
If you all are interested in oboe topics, which I think I could safely assume at this point, than you might be interested in this instrument. But I wanted to give you the short version [...]
Fun day in the “office” = Quarter-tone fingering charts
Here is an example of the type of things I do during my creative time sessions (when I am lucky enough to get some!). I have taken on a passion project of exposing young players [...]
February 2019
Chapter 5: Performance Analysis: Ross Edwards’ Personal Style and Sense of Place, Bird Spirit Dreaming: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Bird Spirit Dreaming: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (2002) Edwards creates another unique sound world and visual experience with his Bird Spirit Dreaming. This concerto is in a single twenty-minute movement instead of the traditional three [...]
Chapter 5: Performance Analysis: Ross Edwards’ Personal Style and Sense of Place, Water Spirit Song
Water Spirit Song (2003) Water Spirit Song began as one movement of a larger musical theater work, Koto Dreaming (2003). Koto Dreaming was commissioned by David Walker for the 2003 Asian Music and Dance Festival [...]
Chapter 5: Performance Analysis: Ross Edwards’ Personal Style and Sense of Place, Two Pieces for Solo Oboe
Two Pieces for Solo Oboe (1993-98) Ross Edwards writes, Two Pieces for Solo Oboe is dedicated to Diana Doherty, who gave the first performance of ‘Yanada’, and the first oboe performance of ‘Ulpirra’ (which was [...]
Chapter 5: Performance Analysis: Ross Edwards’ Personal Style and Sense of Place, Four Bagatelles
Methodology for analysis In this chapter I will discuss Ross Edwards's works for oboe and English horn as the solo or prominent voice. This narrows the repertoire list to Four Bagatelles for oboe and clarinet [...]
Are all “crows” equal?
Are all "crows" equal? I decided to try an experiment. I used one batch of cane, the same staples, same gouging machine, pre-gouger, same shaper tip, and even the same thread. All six of these [...]
January 2019
Thesis Chapter 4: Sense of Place Develops Into an Australian Voice, 1920’s-1970’s
SENSE OF PLACE DEVELOPS INTO AN AUSTRALIAN VOICE, 1920’s- 1970’s By the 1920s Australian musicians had the ability to receive nearly all their musical training in Australia. Staying in Australia helped to create a connection [...]
Thesis Chapter 3: Early Australian Music and Connection to Place, 1788-1920’s
CHAPTER 3 EARLY AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AND CONNECTION TO PLACE, 1788-1920’s The beginning of European colonization of Australia in 1788 marked the beginning of the journey toward developing a distinctive national voice in Western classical music [...]