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Blog | Rachel Broadbent Oboist

Holliger! My inspiration when growing up!

When I was growing up in the 1970's and 1980's I used to listen to a lot of oboe recordings. These were on record and tape mostly.....

Never hold back!

I'm sure you would expect my first post to be of an oboist, but no! It is hugely important to listen to lots of different music, styles...

Top notes - you don't have to pull faces to play them!

To all my lovely students, When I teach you high notes why do you all pull odd faces while trying to play them and then look at me and...

Back to school and the word beginning with 'p'.

Dear Students, I really hope you have all had a wonderful summer holiday. I am sure many of you have found it full of fun, excitement,...

Pulse.... We all have one!

Now, lovely students, you are all very clever, making good progress learning music and coping well with the oboe but why do most of you...

Practise, not play through.

At the end of each lesson we ask you to practise. What many of you do is go home and PLAY THROUGH and I'm afraid this isn't good...

Listen, Listen and Listen again!

I've talked about this a bit in a previous blog post but it can never be said too many times..... Its all about the details and it really...