An optional 1 hour hands-on practice session may be added to this class, in which students practice the techniques. Students learn how to select tube cane and achieve the qualities and characteristics of a good gauge. Students learn and practice proper techniques for sharpening razor and bevel-style knives, using a diamond stone and an india stone. 1 hour Students study actual reeds made by Tabuteau, DeLancie, the Gombergs, Bloom, and their students, and analyze differences in style and proportion. Students learn about a variety of ways musicians can make a living, including freelancing, recording, teaching, starting a group, and repairing instruments.
Students practice and discuss the techniques by playing audition excerpts.
Students listen to popular and little-known repertoire that makes a winning impression on juries, audition committees, and audiences. Students listen to rare recordings of great oboeists, from George Guillet to Peter Bowman, and analyze differences in tone and style. Orchestral Excerpts Lecture, demonstration, practice 2 hours Students perform and get feedback on the twenty most popular oboe excerpts performed by today's orchestras. He performed and recorded with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1981 and held the position of solo English Hornist with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler and John Williams. After receiving a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in 1987 from Juilliard, he performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and a variety of other orchestras.