Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2010-07-20 01:25
Becstein:
Here are some sites for you daugther to listen to and see how she responds to them:
Cooper's audio on his site: (I hope he doesnt mind, as I think the audio his clips are great !)
http://cooperwrightreeds.com/index.php/audio/
Liang wang' site:
http://liangoboe.com/
She will either sit and listen intently and wants to really produce sounds like these artistes, or stay for a bit to humor you and then walk away because she is distracted by something else.
Then you can see if your investment would be worthwhile with this little simple test to gauge her interest in pursuing the oboe.
In my past, I did interviews with kids who wanted to pursue music and it was very painful to teach when they were not interested. They came to the lessons unprepared and showed absolutely no interest. They may be interested in the beginning, because it is something new, but fizzle out if they are distracted by something else. I often refused to take on students who show no commitment, and I tell the parents not to waste any more monies. They dont have to turn out making music their career. But, music gives them a choice to pursue as a career or not. Or play for the sheer enjoyment of it. At least, during a family recital during Xmas, the kid can give a decent recital and sounding good and making parents proud of the kid's achievement. Then the investment would be well spent. Your kid has achieve something worthwhile.
Some food for thought. Good luck in your oboe search !
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