Jazz-Oboe.com

Kinda cool I guess….Should try this. I can sorta do this on saxophone, but Oboe I think would be a lot harder because of the back pressure.

Robindeshautbois has a great post up about going and comparing a LOT of oboes. Very informative stuff.

There is SO MUCH that can be said about the event – especially a striking concert by all professionals who […]

John Peterson from RDG Woodwinds put up some great videos to adjust your oboe.

I was digging through my archive of Finale files, and there is this gem in there. I think I got it when I was a member of the IDRS. It’s good for Oboe and/or Saxophone.

Found at oboeinsight.com. Wise words to protect your wooden instrument. Edited to make it a little more clean (type-face wise)

Alvin Swiney
Because of the drastic weather fluctuations during the past month, […]

I heard about this on the Klarinet list this morning, and now it is verified. Sad. He made and complied a lot of wonderful things.
Farewell: Himie Voxman:

 

Himie Voxman (1912-2011)

Influential music educator […]

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status […]

Well worth watching

I think this would be a GREAT idea for all makers of Oboes to do. “For the last two years I have been working with the oboe maker Howarth of London on the redesign of some of the key-work of the oboe. The aim has been to develop an oboe which is specifically designed for the performance [...]

Seems that the Philadelphia Orchestra , the same orchestra under the baton of Stokowski recorded the soundtrack to F antasia 70 years ago , is filing for Chapter 11 and is going to reorganize . Well, it is sad, but what is even more sad is that people don’t seem to care. Gas prices are on the rise thanks to yet another military [...]

This is one of the better ones I’ve seen……wish I had her tools…….reed making would be so much easier then…..

More videos after the jump….

Via the Guardian “But there’s something missing in our orchestral culture, at least according to many musicians based in Europe: a vital spark of intensity and engagement. British orchestras have an unimpeach-able reputation for speed and accuracy. Talking to Simon Rattle ahead of his London residency with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he…[Read more]

Over December, my sites were hit with a TON of spam users registering. And they post stories about viagra for sale and whatnot. I decided to purge any users without any comments or posts, and implement a CAPTCHA for new registrations to help cut down on the spam.

Thanks for understanding.