Episode 4 - Karen Birch Blundell
- Author
- Mark J. Connor
- Published
- Mon 17 Apr 2017
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everythingbandpodcast/Episode_4_-_Karen_Birch_Blundell.mp3
I am joined by my good friend and outstanding oboist Karen Birch Blundell. Karen provides a wealth of information about the oboe including some practical advice about reeds and oboe tips for composers.
Topics:
- Karen's early choice to play oboe
- Starting kids on the oboe right away
- Finding and making reeds
- The importance of good equipment
- Learning how to practice
- Taking relaxed breaths
- Tips for composers
- Building rests into oboe music
- High school band!
- The New Sousa Band
Links:
- The International Double Reed Society
- Oboe Motions by Stephen Caplan
- Making Reeds Start to Finish by Nancy Ambrose King
- Keith Brion and the New Sousa Band
- The Eastern Music Festival
- Karen's Website
Biography: Karen Birch Blundell lives in New York City and is a member of both the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic (English horn) and the Eastern Festival Orchestra (English horn/Associate Principal Oboe). She also performs regularly with the Allentown Symphony and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, C4- the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, the Harrisburg Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra.
