Oboe Lessons in Lexington. Amazing Teachers.

Danielle K. is an aspiring performer and Music Educator. She holds degrees in both Music Education and Performance from Gordon College Masters of Oboe Performance from Boston University.

She began her career as an oboist with the Warwick Symphony Orchestra in 2011 and a year later became a member of the Ocean State Summer Pops Orchestra, where she now sits Principal. This Pops Orchestra occasionally features Ms. K. in small works such as “Gabriels Oboe” and larger scale concerti.
Since at Boston University she played with the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, Danielle has played with various ensembles including the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. She continues to play with these ensembles as well as Brandeis University, and Wellesley College Orchestra where she serves as a mentor to the wind students. As a freelance artist in the Boston area she has performed with, The Irish Tenors, Outer Cape Chorale, The Northshore Philharmonic, American Band, The New England ...

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I have 10 years of experience teaching oboe and customize lesson plans for my students. I focus on listening, musicality, and technique. My lesson plans include a warm up geared to establish a solid daily routine, technical studies, a piece from oboe literature, and sight reading duets. I also teach reed making and recommend students learn to make their own reeds if they intend to play oboe beyond high school. I believe that good, new reeds are critical to a student’s success-both for tone and embouchure development.

I have been playing oboe for 14 years! I have studied under Linda Strommen during my undergraduate degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. I am fortunate to have been able to perform in various ensembles across the world, including winning a resident principal oboe of the Freiburger Studenten-Orchester for the 2014-2015 season. I am able to work on fundamental concepts such as technique and music theory, as well as develop a musical concept and improve the musical creativity. Together, we can improve your overall proficiency on your oboe, as well as prepare for any audition and ensemble you’re interested in! If interested, we can even arrange time to collaborate and just read through some duets together. Let’s begin this journey together!

I teach beginner oboe. I can help students learn to read music, play with good tone and technique, learn fingerings, and play from a book or school band music.

Oboe:
A family of double reed woodwind musical instruments, they are usually made of wood, but there are also oboes made of synthetic materials. The Oboe is commonly used in concert bands, orchestras, chamber music, film music, in some genres of folk music, and as a solo instrument, and is occasionally heard in jazz, rock music, pop music, and popular music. I will begin by teaching the basics of breath control, apeture, fingering, the reed, notes, rhythms, reading, songs, theory, and soloing.

I started playing the Oboe in the 3rd grade. I have played in orchestras and on a cruise ship. I know what it takes to learn this beautiful instrument.