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Re: When to begin oboe?

Author: Bobo
Date: 2012-10-18 14:18

I started oboe at age 10 in fifth grade. I wanted to play the clarinet but the band director needed an oboe and talked me into it. After 3 months, he told me that in order to progress, I needed to find a private teacher. My mom found a local pro, and off I went (it always falls to an involved and motivated parent in the end). When I auditioned for the pro to see if I was worth his while, he told me he could deal with bad technique but would not tolerate bad tone. So immediately we started focusing on good tone production. He made me throw away all my Meason reeds and started giving me some of his used ones. He started teaching me how to make reeds a few years later. I bought my first oboe after one year of private lessons (a Robert, which was a Laubin student model).

Conclusion: There is no problem starting on oboe at a young age and many advantages (nothing like learning good habits and technique when you're young); however, it is critical to find an excellent teacher who is an oboist. The oboe is an apprenticeship instrument, particularly because of the reed thing. The black arts of the oboe have to be handed down directly from those who really know.

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