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Thank you for visiting! We hope you will find all the information you need regarding EMU's School of Music and Dance and the Oboe Studio within these pages. Please browse through the tabs above to learn more about our program.
Studying oboe at Eastern Michigan University offers oboe students the opportunity to work regularly with an outstanding, dedicated faculty, and also offers the advantages of frequent opportunities to work with world-renowned guest artists. In addition to regular studio classes and reed workshops, oboists experience sessions on instrument repair and maintenance, and are fortunate to experience classes focusing on pertinent topics specifically designed for musicians. Performing opportunities are plentiful for the interested music student.
The Oboe Studio has a Facebook page (“Eastern Michigan University Oboe Studio”) that, once “liked”, will alert you to upcoming news, events, and concert information.
Studying oboe at Eastern Michigan University offers oboe students the opportunity to work regularly with an outstanding, dedicated faculty, and also offers the advantages of frequent opportunities to work with world-renowned guest artists. In addition to regular studio classes and reed workshops, oboists experience sessions on instrument repair and maintenance, and are fortunate to experience classes focusing on pertinent topics specifically designed for musicians. Performing opportunities are plentiful for the interested music student.
The Oboe Studio has a Facebook page (“Eastern Michigan University Oboe Studio”) that, once “liked”, will alert you to upcoming news, events, and concert information.
Please direct any questions to:
Professor Kristin Reynolds
kreynolds@emich.edu
Professor Kristin Reynolds
kreynolds@emich.edu
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We welcome Elizabeth Tomorsky Knott to the EMU Oboe Studio for a virtual Master Class March 31st!
"Elizabeth Knott, oboe held the tenured position with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for 12 years before she resigned in 2005. She has enjoyed performing with such prestigious groups as The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, The National Symphony, The American Sinfonetta, The Colorado Music Festival, and the Spoleto Festival in both The US, and in Italy. Liz was a semi- finalist in the Gillet International Young Artists Competition, and has been a featured soloist with the Charleston, Spoleto, and Nairobi (Kenya) Symphonies.
Liz is currently the adjunct professor of oboe at Alabama State University and has a large private studio. She is an active recitalist and chamber musician. In addition to these activities, she is the creator of LTK Reeds and the founder of LTK Oboe Camp in Fort Mill, South Carolina which is geared towards young oboists ages 12-18. In 2011 she founded Music for East Africa, dedicated to soliciting donations of musical instruments, sheet music and accessories to assist struggling music students. Ms. Knott began the first double reed department in East Africa.
She is looking forward to being able to travel again so that she can begin rehearsing and recording her first solo CD, “From Bach to Blues”"
"Elizabeth Knott, oboe held the tenured position with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for 12 years before she resigned in 2005. She has enjoyed performing with such prestigious groups as The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, The National Symphony, The American Sinfonetta, The Colorado Music Festival, and the Spoleto Festival in both The US, and in Italy. Liz was a semi- finalist in the Gillet International Young Artists Competition, and has been a featured soloist with the Charleston, Spoleto, and Nairobi (Kenya) Symphonies.
Liz is currently the adjunct professor of oboe at Alabama State University and has a large private studio. She is an active recitalist and chamber musician. In addition to these activities, she is the creator of LTK Reeds and the founder of LTK Oboe Camp in Fort Mill, South Carolina which is geared towards young oboists ages 12-18. In 2011 she founded Music for East Africa, dedicated to soliciting donations of musical instruments, sheet music and accessories to assist struggling music students. Ms. Knott began the first double reed department in East Africa.
She is looking forward to being able to travel again so that she can begin rehearsing and recording her first solo CD, “From Bach to Blues”"
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EMU's School of Music and Dance Oboe Studio Audition Dates remaining for Fall 2021 admission are:
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Visit the EMU’s School of Music and Dance audition day website for more information:
https://www.emich.edu/music-dance/music/apply/undergrad-audition-day.php
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Visit the EMU’s School of Music and Dance audition day website for more information:
https://www.emich.edu/music-dance/music/apply/undergrad-audition-day.php
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