Oboe Studio

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The students who make up the oboe studio at Southern Miss are enthusiastic and dedicated to their pursuit of musical excellence. We work hard in an atmosphere of creative鈥� pursuit of 鈥痵tudents' individual 鈥痝oals while supporting and encouraging each other.

For oboists of all levels, the program is focused around a firm grounding of the fundamentals:

tone production
finger agility
expressive musical phrasing

These fundamentals are refined through the practice of long-tones, technique methods, memorized scales, articulation exercises, Barret and Ferling etudes, orchestral excerpts, solo repertoire, and reed-making.

Ensembles

Category 5
Magnolia Reed Trio
Driftless Winds Reed Trio

Performance Opportunities

The School of Music provides oboists with many opportunities to flourish into sophisticated players of the oboe and English horn. Opportunities for performing chamber music are available, and students can also audition to perform in the larger award-winning ensembles. Every year, students in the oboe studio have the opportunity to work with world-class guest artists in master classes.

Recent Performances

Recitals and master classes at Georgia State University, Central Michigan University, and Arkansas State University (Fall 2018)
Benefit Concert to support the Eagle鈥檚 Nest Food Pantry (November 2018)
Feeling Back: A lecture recital with Ed Hafer and Ellen Elder (September 2018)
University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival (October 2018)
Chamber music recital for oboe, clarinet, and viola with Hsiaopei Lee and Jackie McIlwain at the 樱桃视频 Viola Festival (November 2018)

Alumni Accomplishments

Alumni of the Southern Miss oboe studio have successfully auditioned for and continued their musical studies at esteemed schools of music and conservatories across the nation. Here are some recent alumni accomplishments:

Andrea Silverio (BM) is currently pursuing her doctorate in oboe at Michigan State University
Emily Matherne (BME) is teaching elementary school music at Poplarville Lower Elementary School
Scott Smith (DMA) Presented a lecture at The Society for American Music conference titled: 鈥淛ohn Cage鈥檚鈥楻ock鈥� Music: and Compositional Process in Ryoanji (1983鈥�85)鈥� in 2017

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