Books and Music

Items with an asterisk * are required and should be purchased first.

Method and Etude Books

• *Oboe: Art and Method by Martin Schuring
• *Fingering Chart and Trill Fingering Chart by Martin Schuring
• *Sellner Studies for Oboe
• *Barret Oboe Method, ed. Martin Schuring
• Hinke Elementary Method for Oboe
• Ferling 48 Famous Studies
• Bordogni Melodious Etudes for Oboe

Advanced Students

• *Vade-Mecum
• Difficult Passages from J.S. Bach compiled by Evelyn Rothwell

Books and Videos

• *Making Oboe Reeds by Joseph Shalita (eBook - printed and bound) - The link takes you to a different website to purchase the book.
• *Onks Oboe Adjustment Guide (printed and bound)
• YouTube: Pierre Roy Reed Making Videos
• Understanding the Oboe Reed by Graham Salter

Pedagogy

• *Student Instrumental Course by Blaine Edlefsen
• ALL Volumes (9)
• We will do Level 3 in lessons but the other levels are required for pedagogy.
• *Download and Print: American Band College article "Oboe for Starters" by Stephen Christopher Cline
• *"Coming to Grips With the Oboe" by David Goza