Last week I gave you my short-list of the perks of playing the oboe (if you missed it, you can check it out here), and this week I...

Do you prefer to write things down on paper like I do? I tried to migrate to all digital, but my iPad is too big and heavy (I got the big...

We have just a few weeks left to teach in this calendar year! 🎉 And I know you have concerts galore, and maybe you have to turn in...

As it’s the second day back to school for most schools, it’s also prime winter concert prep season, and thus it’s super important to...

You already know that oboes are super touchy instruments. It seems like looking at an oboe funny can make it go wildly out of adjustment...

I originally wrote these steps for my students and their parents, so feel free to forward this post directly to your students so they can...

Here in San Jose we got a rain shower yesterday, which caught me by surprise, but reminded me that the weather is changing across the...

Now that we’re really into the semester, you’re probably working on tone with your students. Good news! I have a ✨FREE ✨resource for your...

We know that oboes seem to be so delicate that they’ll break if you look at them funny. So as we gear up for fall Festival season and...

Over the last 9 months 4 of my students have been handed brand new Nobel brand oboes by their school or youth orchestra organization. The...

It took me - no joke - 8 years of private lessons to learn this secret and understand how to execute proper articulation on the oboe! I...

I’ve been doing in-school sectionals with middle and high school students over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been noticing a...

This is the time of year that we hear the phrase “I think my oboe reed is stuck” or “I…can’t…get…my reed out!” (said as the student grits...

Practicing dynamic changes in their warm-up is the most effective way that your students can practice the concepts I laid out in the...

As promised, I’m here with Step 2 in teaching dynamics to oboe students. Last week we learned about how dynamics on the oboe work. Let me...

Last week was my first week of teaching my whole private lesson load of the semester, and as expected there were students who were quite...

Happy Friday! I’ve been swamped this week with the first week of teaching all my students again. So, I’ve got two quick tip videos to...

I’ve been thinking about a question I recently answered for a band director: “How do you convince students to play oboe if the reeds cost...

Today I taught a beginner how to play for the first time. I’m still getting caught up from my trip, so I’m feeling a bit scattered, and...

Did you know that the “American” scrape oboe reeds are different from the oboe reeds most of the rest of the world plays on? Did you know...