How my Community Commissioned 14 New Works This Year!
Programmed for Day 5 (July 11)
In my Invincible Oboist FLOW online community for adult oboists, we are constantly seeking new projects to keep us improving, growing, and creating. This year we are partnering with Dr. Joseph Sowa’s Wizarding School for Composers to create new works for the oboe! The collaboration process creates new friendships across geographic distance, gender, and generation, and it’s a learning experience both for the composers and for the oboists who participate in my program. Many of the compositions created in past years have been published by Trevco for the benefit of the larger double reed community. In this presentation, I'll discuss the scope and guidelines of our collaboration, and introduce some of my participants to talk about what they learned and gained from the experience. We will present a few of our brand new works. The goal of the session is to demystify the commissioning and collaboration process so other oboe studios might consider similar creative projects. Supporting living composers and the creation of new works is everyone's job!
Sightreading Skills for the Avocational Musician
Programmed for Day 1 (July 7)
In this interactive workshop for avocational players, we'll consider strategies for sight-reading music both easy and difficult. We'll help you feel and sound more confident and not get lost! We will talk about how to triage music before the first rehearsal so you can prepare without feeling like you need to memorize the entire score in advance. Bring your instrument - we will be plucking volunteers from the audience!