Lessons

[KerryAbear]

I first searched woodwind.org, but a lot of their website is broken.

I just moved from Louisiana to Connecticut and am looking for lessons for my daughters (horn and oboe). Previously I played in the Civic Orchestra of Baton Rouge. I would bring my daughters with me to rehearsals and they would take lessons from a graduate student. I’ve contacted horn and oboe professors at the Heart School of Music and the UCONN School of Music but have not been able to get recommendations for a graduate student to teach private lessons.

Any suggestions? I really need to find an oboe teacher just to get my daughter decent reeds.

[arpthark]

Which end of Connecticut are you in? I’m guessing you’re closer to Hartford?

Anyhow, you could try finding contact info for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra people:

https://hartfordsymphony.org/musicians/

@arpthark might have some contacts.

The RI philharmonic operates a music school:

https://www.riphil.org/?utm_source=Goog ... um=Organic

That may get you some contact info.

A lot of the musicians in New England bounce around since the distance between paying gigs isn’t really all that huge.

[KerryAbear]

I’m in Simsbury on the west side of Hartford.

[matt g]

You could also try contacting the union:

https://ctvalleymusicians.org/#:~:text= ... onnecticut.

[arpthark]

@KerryAbear one of my best friends is an oboist who grew up in Glastonbury. I'll see who he studied with in high school and see if he has any recommendations.

[russiantuba]

I would highly recommend her at least take a couple of lessons with Dr. Joshua Michal, hornist with the Hartford Symphony and the horn professor at UMass Amherst. Josh and I did our DMA together, and he is a phenomenal hornist and teacher with zero ego.

[Mary Ann]

I actually finally found decent reeds on Etsy and now buy them from the maker's web site. Several of us are now using them; we are at 2600' altitude which makes sea level reeds way too stiff, so we buy her student reeds, which are perfect for where we live. https://ownbydoublereeds.com/

I have tried a MYRIAD of commercial reeds, and none of them, despite all the self-congratulation of the makers, have worked. The Ownby reeds do work and are extremely well made. Ms. Ownby also has a yoga studio, and lives in Chattanooga.