Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2010-08-27 00:14
Are you one of those that puff up their cheeks like jazz trumpet players ? I cant think what embouchure could be so radically different that would make one an oboe outcast.
For the most part I found the UK style of teaching, rigorous and strict. Mastery of the basic scales, systematic mastery of the various skills and mastery through long hours of repetition. Starting out as a kid, the discipline was good. You need to be able to take the style of teaching lest u would surely give up. Down to making reeds. If you didnt hold the knife in a certain way and just right, you'd get a smack from the teacher.
US on the other hand is relaxed. You must want to discipline yourself to be good. Like going to school for academic work in US. I am sure you know that it is a lot different than going to school in say HK or UK.
So, it is not the style of playing in the end, it is whether you sound good to you, your audience and your students. Do your students want to sound like you ? Can your students take the discipline ?
On the side, living around the Rancho area on Hwy 50 going to tahoe in the Sac area is not bad. Used to go to the American River for rafting during the spring and Creole shrimp ettoufe at Celestine's in Sac. I lived in the bay area for 25 years. There were many gigs that I got invited to play in and many schools to hold summer master courses. There were lots of activities where oboe is concerned. CA is a great place. Every once in a while, I miss it, but looking at how the US is today, I didnt regret the decision to leave the US for good.
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