Learn from Great Oboe Teachers

Mr. Prentice Scott is an accomplished music educator and performer with over 15 years of experience guiding students to excellence in music. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from Clark Atlanta University and a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Georgia. With a foundation rooted in both performance and pedagogy, Mr.

Ian van Nuys is a woodwind specialist, with playing proficiency in saxophone, oboe, flute, and clarinet. His primary instrument is the saxophone, which he studied as part of Dr. Chien-Kwan Lin’s saxophone studio at Eastman School of Music. Before studying at Eastman, Ian studied saxophone with Mr.

I was born and raised in Tirana, Albania. Currently I work as full-time Lecturer of Oboe class near University of Arts, Tirana, I organize an international woodwind festival called "Frymon" and comitted in different music projects in different orchestras.

I have been teaching piano, strings, and band instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and drums) for more than 30 years in the public schools as well as privately. I have instructed large groups and ensembles, as well as smaller musical groups in and out of the public schools.

Kristi grew up in Lorain, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland. She began playing the flute in her school band in fifth grade but quickly found it unchallenging. By seventh grade, she wanted to quit band altogether, but her mother insisted she stay. Determined to make a change, Kristi switched to the oboe in eighth grade, playing on an old instrument with plastic reeds.

I'm Will, a professional oboist based in Chicago. I am currently in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and have recently appeared with the Peoria Symphony, Elgin Symphony, and Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. I am also a doctoral candidate for a DMA in Oboe at the Yale School of Music. I have a Master's of Music from Yale, and a Bachelor of Music from UCLA.

Cynthia Fleming has performed with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra to the New Music group Relache, displaying facility and sensitivity with the world's great music, whether virtuosic or lyrical. While Oboe, English Horn and Piano are her main instruments, she is comfortable performing and teaching to beginner through intermediate students on Flute, Clarinet, Sax and Recorder.

I have been teaching clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and oboe for 40 years, having previously served on the adjunct faculty at The College of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University. I am an active performer in the Portland, Oregon area as a member of several chamber ensembles, and previously having been the bass clarinetist with the Boise Philharmonic for over 20 years.