Great Oboists on Music and Musicianship

What do the world's most prominent oboists have to say about their musical ideas, performance techniques, and teaching strategies? Michele L. Fiala and Martin Schuring, themselves skilled oboists, undertook the project of asking twenty-six of them about their musicianship and pedagogy. The
results are collected in Great Oboists on Music and Musicianship, which provides a unique window into how these virtuosi of wind instruments think about their craft.

Each chapter paints an engaging portrait of a leading oboist that allows them to share--in their own words--their insights on the performance techniques, learning strategies, and career moves that propelled them to their current stature. The captivating prose chapters that Fiala and Schuring
composed from the interviews allow each artist's personality to shine through as they convey their hard-won wisdom on topics such as musical interpretation, the relationship between vocal and instrumental music, being a good ensemble player, and warm-up routines. The diverse array of musicians
portrayed in this book includes orchestral and solo performers from across North America, Europe, and Australia. Their practical advice will resonate not just with oboists but also with players and teachers of other instruments as they pursue their own musical journeys.

"This volume contains interviews with twenty-six of the most prominent oboists from around the world. The chapters are in prose format and highlight different aspects of each musician's career, focusing on musicianship and pedagogy in ways that are applicable to all musicians. The interviews contain topics such as creating musical interpretations and shaping phrases, the relationship of vocal to instrumental music, taking orchestral auditions and being a good ensemble player/colleague. The subjects describe their pedagogy and their thoughts on breathing and support on wind instruments, developing finger technique and creating a useful warm-up routine. The oboists discuss their ideals in reedmaking, articulation and vibrato. They also share stories from their life and careers. The oboists and English hornists profiled from North America profiled are Pedro Diaz, Elaine Douvas and Nathan Hughes (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), John Ferrillo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Carolyn Hove (LA Philharmonic), Richard Killmer (Eastman School), Nancy Ambrose King (University of Michigan), Frank Rosenwein and Robert Walters (Cleveland Orchestra), Humbert Lucarelli (soloist), Grover Schiltz (formerly Chicago Symphony), Eugene Izotov (Chicago Symphony, originally from Russia), Allan Vogel (LA Chamber Orchestra), David Weiss (formerly LA Philharmonic), Randall Wolfgang (New York City Ballet and formerly Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), Alex Klein (Brazil, formerly Chicago Symphony and currently Calgary, CA), and Sarah Jeffrey, Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The performers based in Europe are Neil Black, Nicholas Daniel, and Gordon Hunt (England); Maurice Bourgue, and David Walter (France); Thomas Inderm�uhle (Switzerland); L�aszl�o Hadady (Hungary and France); and Omar Zoboli (Italy). From Australia is Diana Doherty of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra"--