A.Dip (Vancouver Academy of Music)
B.Mus (University of British Columbia)
Diploma in Music (Kwantlen)
Elizabeth Brown is an oboist, flautist and gardener. Born and raised in Powell River, British Columbia, she holds a Bachelor of Music from UBC and an Artist Diploma from the Vancouver Academy of Music. She seeks out exciting music to play wherever and whenever she can.
Elizabeth enjoys teaching because of the fresh perspective students often bring to her own playing. She feels that learning music should be an enjoyable and enriching experience led by the student’s own goals and dreams.
Get to know Beth…Beyond the Bio!
Hobbies: Sailing, gardening, skiing, canoeing
Musical influences: The Ocean, Beth Orson, Albrecht Mayer, Bjork
Favourite food: sweet & sour meatballs
Least favourite food: Brussel sprouts. ew.
Favourite music: currently K.Flay
Favourite song: Possibly Maybe – Bjork
Favourite movie: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
Favourite movie music: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Favourite musical theatre/opera: The Threepenny Opera – Kurt Weill
Best quote from your teacher: “What makes me happy as an oboist is not necessarily what will make you happy.”
Favourite quote:
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
? Frank Herbert, Dune
Favourite book: Dreams underfoot – Charles de Lint
Latest Homework from Beth
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Tuesday March 31, 2020
Cooper
Nice work on getting Bb Major in tune!
For this week:
- Use a metronome: https://www.musicca.com/metronome is a good online one
- Warm up:
- Set the metronome to 60bpm and play a Low D, middle half hole D, high D, then back down to Middle D, Low D 4 beats each note
- Keep an eye on your chromatic tuner to make sure that each note is in tune
- try to add more/faster air as you go up the octave and keep that air flowing
- on the way down, drop your jaw and think of saying “ah” to drop the pitch
- Scales:
- Bb Major
- with the metronome, see if you can play it in eighth notes at 72 to the quarter note
- Increase the tempo one beat at a time if you make no mistakes
- If you make a mistake, decrease the tempo by 2 beats and try again
- G Minor harmonic
- with the metronome, see if you can play it up to 72 to the quarter in eighth notes
- Gminor melodic
- with the metronome, see if you can play it up to 72 to the quarter in eighth notes
- Bb Major
Music books!
If you are able, book 1 and 2 of the Gekeler method are great and also have a super nice fingering chart. The Barret is The Oboe Bible… and free to download. For next time, see if you can have a list of music you like -it doesn’t have to be oboe music, and we’ll see if we can find some of it to play.
- Gekeler Book 1 https://www.amazon.ca/Gekeler-Method-Oboe-Bk-1/dp/0769222145
- Gekeler Book 2 https://www.amazon.ca/Gekeler-Method-Oboe-Bk-2/dp/0769228682/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=gekeler+method+for+oboe+book+2&qid=1585692780&s=books&sr=1-2
- Barret (download the compete score)https://imslp.org/wiki/Complete_Method_for_Oboe_(Barret%2C_Apollon_Marie-Rose)
Preferred Books for Beth’s Students
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Gekeler Method
The material in the Gekeler Method for Oboe is divided in two parts. The studies in Part I are for the purpose of developing musical style and interpretation; those in Part II are for the study of scales and intervals, and for improvement of articulation.
Gekeler Method
(See notes for book One)
80 Graded Studies
80 Graded Studies for Oboe is two books that bring together a broad selection of repertoire in a variety of styles. The studies are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, according to a carefully planned technical progression.
The Really Easy Oboe Book
Song book including: March of the Ducks * Daydreaming * Holiday Trot * The Brook * Mellifluous Minuet * Nocturne * Spring Song * Elizabethan Lament * The Barrel Organ * Siciliana * Dance of the Scarecrows * Ballad * Jovial Jig * Berceuse * Children’s Waltz * Wistful Waltz * Chrismtas Song * Comedy * A Winter’s Tale * Country Dance.
Oboe Music to Enjoy
Firs Book of Oboe Solos
First Book of Oboe Solos is the oboe solo part separate from the complete score of the First Book Of Oboe Solos (0571503721) that contains piano accompaniment. This book is a collection with the true beginner in mind, arranged and edited by Janet Craxton and Alan Richardson, introducing oboe players to an unusually wide range of music. All 26 pieces have been chosen to encourage attention to the basic technical aspects of oboe playing, and are organised in approximate order of increasing technical difficulty. The book helps young students take account of both technical and musical considerations from the very beginning.
