Dear Guests, Welcome to my blog which I treat like a creative garden where I regularly plant and change this and that be it poetry, philosophy, an Oboe Brilliance lesson, an essay of some kind, or a journal about composing. Visit every Monday for oboe coaching which is also helpful for many melodic instrumentalists. Musically yours, Kathryn

"How do you compose?" That is the most commonly asked question I hear.
This blog is a window into my creative process and philosophies as a composer and instrumentalist. At times it may contain music, photos, and poetry as well. May you enjoy, return, and benefit!

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Music Lessons

Dear Guests,

I offer oboe, flute, piano, and composition music lessons in my Asheville Music Studio. $45 per hour, or $400 for ten prepaid hours.

I've been teaching regularly for 18 years now. I learn so much from students and continue to love this work. I am demanding, inspiring, and delightful as a teacher. My focus is on balance - skill and expression. It's all very important to me with the priority of the student being nurtured to love music while discovering his/her "voice" via the journey of expression and self discovery through this superb art form.

I teach excellent form, technique and proper style of the classical eras. I teach meditation and improvising. I compose custom music for my most involved and enthusiastic students.

The following is my recipe for music lessons fulfillment, joy and success.

1) my commitment to teaching my best for which I am consistently reliable
2) the student or parent providing reliable scheduled transportation and payment
3) the student practicing regularly and participating well in lessons

Well worth it! Students study with me for years, and now invite me to weddings and email me recipies and life updates. I love to mentor and liberate the individual student to use music as a way to know themselves better to be who they are in harmony with themselves. I don't try to create professional musicians, I strive to create musical/music loving people for life.

Musically yours,
Kathryn