Author: oboist2
Date: 2006-04-25 08:42
I have had many older students, and have always enjoyed teaching them, regardless of the aptitude. One of my oldest was a woman who started the oboe at age 68, after a lifetime of piano teaching. She had problems in so many areas, such as pitch and rhythm, and it was a challenge for her and for me....BUT I never considered it a waste of time, to see the joy in her face when something worked, and to witness the enormous pleasure she got from playing gave me much more satisfaction from many of my technically accomplished younger students who could play the pants off her but were driven more out of ego, or pushy parents (many a horror story there!!!!). You desire to play the oboe, I am sure that someone will help and encourage you in that endeavour. When you are at school there are so many things that can take up your time and energies. Now you have more time, and a life time of life experience - who knows.....maybe also you should consider some musical theory training or musicianship training - this would definitely help you in mastering the oboe, and also facilitate the job of your oboe teacher.
I wish you all the best. The only thing I have asked of any of my students is that they are keen, practise diligently, listen to a lot of music intelligently, and not to be bitchy and undermine their colleagues.
Geoff Pearce, Oboe, Sydney Australia
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