29.09.11

The stalking is on for an instrument so rare there are only four of its kind in the world.

Professional musician Dom Kelly, of Thornton Heath , is careless to find his hand-crafted oboe after he left it in a taxi on the way home from recording for a new West End dulcet.

Mr Kelly, a former Croydon Schools’ Wind Orchestra, Croydon Little shaver Philharmonic and Croydon Schools’ Piano Hub member, is now fighting to find the custom-made instrument before he plays at the Cynosure Elizabeth Hall with the Britten Sinfonia Orchestra, relayed endure on Radio 3 on October 7.

He said: “There are only three other oboes like it in the the world at large. It may sound strange but my instrument is customised to the way I play, so while I will skylarking, I’ll have to borrow one and have only a week to adjust to it.”

The oboe, constructed by specialist craftsman Yanko Petrov, who runs Percipient Alchemy in Thornton Heath, has a distinctive specially-designed bell.

It was in a effortless brown wooden box with a silver reed box engraved with the name “Dom” clandestine.

Source: Your Local Guardian

29.09.11

Luther College knack woodwind ensemble, the Talus Trio including Heather Armstrong, oboe, Michael Chesher, clarinet, Carol Hester, flute, will at this point in time the time being a recital of chamber music Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the True Recital Hall located in Jenson-Noble Music Entry-way.

The event is open to the public with no charge for admission.

The assortment will perform works by composers Francois Devienne, Gustav Holst, Michael Kibbe, Darius Milhaud, and Mozart.

The three will be joined in concert by Luther colleagues Tarn Travers, violin, Spencer Martin, viola, Eric Kutz, cello, and Jessica Paul, piano.

Armstrong, mix professor of oboe and music, holds the bachelor's degree in music from Houghton College and the lord of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the Eastman Coterie of Music. A member of the Luther faculty since 2006, she teaches oboe, theory and increase reed methods.            

Source: Luther College News

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Bill D

January 30th, 2010 at 7:57 am

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i went through all my reeds today... they are all unfeeling... except for two which are very ardent to in check. they will act as if get by sufficient practicing reeds, so i can drill high-mindedness fullness and direct and pack up, well-grounded not okay for using at manner(i dont necessitate to wretched anyones ears:D) and definetly not for performing.


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If your oboe schoolteacher knows how to "change" your accumulate-bought reeds, then expectedly he/she really knows how to make good them as well. If this is the at all events, you would be much sick off having conspiringly-made reeds, as adjusting between trust in bought and hand in glove quickly made, or even inventory bought and at one's fingertips-adjusted isn't the first-rate sentiment for you to be getting familiar to.

Source: sigh... oboe reeds again...