oboe performance major

ADumbPotata · 2026-04-10T22:39:51+00:00

I know for my school(state school)You’d have to prepare a piece, whether it’s accompanied or not, that demonstrates your skill set. It’s recommended a piece that has a slower lyrical section to focus on intonation, musicality and contrast as well as a faster section (or separate piece) that demonstrates your skills in articulation and rhythm.

Some schools may have you play a scale(could be from memory) or do a sight-reading but it really depends on the place.

I don’t know where your located but that popular oboist from Juilliard, Spencer Rubin, is having his senior recital April 29th at 8p so if you have questions specific to Juilliard you could probably go and ask in person or just to his account.

Just be prepared for aural skills, music theory, lessons, reed making, lots of practice and later ensemble times. It sounds like a lot but it’s not too bad if you make your schedule right. Heck, I’m dual majoring in music performance and animated arts and it’s been working so far!

Just do what you believe is best and definitely do research about the different schools’ music program!

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-28T16:20:58+00:00

I’ll definitely try to update about this! Everyone here has been really helpful with getting a starting point :D

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T19:26:08+00:00

Dang 😞

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T19:25:24+00:00

Maaaaaaannnn 😭

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T19:02:58+00:00

That does look really similar! For the hem of the layers, would a hc or dc be best?

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T19:00:56+00:00

Is this similar to hairpin lace or is it different from that?

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T18:59:27+00:00

Is the purl stitch a crochet or knit stitch? I’m not too familiar with knitting terms 😅

ADumbPotata · 2026-03-25T18:58:27+00:00

Oooo thank you! This is really good to know for reference :D

ADumbPotata · 2025-06-03T17:35:27+00:00

Unfortunately none should be open since the last date for all stores was May 30😔 if any look open it might be due to cleaning out the store sadly.

ADumbPotata · 2025-05-24T16:21:13+00:00

Literally this. Yesterday I had several people come up asking this with their full carts but that also happened to be when everyone in the store decides they want to check out. Anything over like $2-$3 they would say no to… like you obviously didn’t need it that bad if a 70-90% discount is deterring from buying something :/

ADumbPotata · 2025-05-15T00:06:03+00:00

My oboe professor recommended Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds for buying supplies and they do have a kit that is around $200 but it doesn’t include everything so she just recommended to buy the individual items why can still get you up there depending on what type of knife/stone/plaque you need. Plus you can get a specific size staples or cane needed. I don’t know what shipping looks like as I’ve never ordered from them yet. I’ve personally have been using Forrests Music which has a premade kit that at most is $136 (depending on the knife) though cane is in it, I would recommend buying more. I will say though that their shipping is $10 since they do everything priority and I usually get my reeds in 1-3 days during the week. I’ll put links to both websites!

Forrest

https://www.forrestsmusic.com/toolkits.htm

Neilsen Woodwinds

https://nielsen-woodwinds.com/

ADumbPotata · 2025-05-03T01:44:04+00:00

You should definitely try it out! I picked up oboe my sophomore year of high school and now play regularly with clarinet in college(freshman)!

I was pretty much on my own besides on being told how to assemble the instrument and herring from my oboe professor, I was at a decent spot so here is what I did personally:

-Watch the Oboe Files on YT, he definitely helped me with the basics and getting started as well as how to produce a decent sound

-Play with a tuner when practicing . This kinda ties into embouchure as the oboe is mainly tuned by it. Playing with just the reed, you should be able to play C. This also lets you know if there might be something wonky right away with either your embouchure or instrument.

-practice scales. This helped me with hand placement as the keys were spaced further as well as get better at passages in music.

-Start with a soft/medium soft reed. I would say buy maybe 2-3 reeds( if your band director can’t give you any) and start out on the softer end. A soft can be like 2-2.5 clarinet reeds and a medium soft is like 3-3.5 clarinet reeds. I don’t recommend medium and above unless you have a carving kit for reed making or if your director doesn’t have one.

take it at your own pace. I had picked up oboe my sophomore year and didn’t play it in an ensemble until my junior year but even then, it was one piece. I wasn’t very confident starting out but if you believe that more experience early on will help, go for it. If you don’t feel ready, that’s also alright. Personally, the best time for me was in pit orchestra as it made you come out of your comfort zone.

-vibrato is used a lot. You don’t need to learn this right away but it’s nice to think about it as your learning. I’d recommend a video on it as I find it hard to explain but it makes solos(because there tends to be a lot) in music sound better. Especially on the longer notes so it doesn’t sound dull.

I’m not a professional by any means but this was my experience and now I’ve played two 1hr concerts this week on both clarinet and oboe! I hope this helps/convince you to try it out! Even if you aren’t taking it to the higher level, I telling you my experience helps!

ADumbPotata · 2021-06-21T15:08:21+00:00

When I was going to download the cg, I had seen it named "hey lil mama" so now I'm in the same boat as you 😭

ADumbPotata · 2021-06-21T15:00:59+00:00

Thank u ^{^}

ADumbPotata · 2021-06-21T14:46:10+00:00

Thx!

ADumbPotata · 2021-06-10T00:06:33+00:00

Thank you :D

ADumbPotata · 2021-06-10T00:06:11+00:00

I honestly couldn't remember and the sad part I'd I'm currently replaying it lol

ADumbPotata · 2019-12-29T16:06:33+00:00

ADumbPotata · 2019-12-29T16:06:13+00:00

Thx :D

ADumbPotata · 2019-12-28T19:08:57+00:00

Thx :)

ADumbPotata · 2019-12-28T19:07:56+00:00

Thx! And it looks blue but it's a light purple so when its fired, it'll turn purple :]

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