Learn from Great Oboe Teachers

Aaron is an educator, oboist, ukulele player, and performer. Aaron graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a bachelors degree in instrumental music education. He taught middle school and high school band in North Carolina for the past 5 years, and has been teaching private lessons for 7 years.

I’m a Venezuelan-American oboist currently pursuing my master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music on a full scholarship by the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, where I study with Sherry Sylar of the New York Philharmonic. I previously earned my bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Institute on the Excellence in Music Leadership scholarship.

Hey Everyone!! My name is Samuel Ellibee and I am currently going into my 4th year at Central Washington University as an Oboe Performance Major and Instrumental Music Education Major. I have been playing oboe for 10 years. I have performed at numerous competitions state wide, and have also traveled to Europe in 2015 with the Oregon Ambassadors of Music honor band.

I’m Xale Slusser, a Los Angeles–based bassoonist and oboist with degrees in performance, composition, and ethnomusicology from Ohio Northern University, the California Institute of the Arts, and UCLA. I teach Bassoon and Oboe (all levels) as well as Saxophones (SATB) and Clarinets (Sopranino–Contra Alto).

Dr. Kelsey Maes currently serves as a Format and Curriculum Advisor in the Graduate College at Arizona State University (ASU), and teaches music courses part-time at Phoenix College, ASU, and oboe lessons at Music & Arts. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts, Music Theory Pedagogy Certificate, and Master of Music from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Music from the…

Sarah Kendis was born and raised in Beachwood, Ohio, where she was a student of Danna Sundet. After completing her undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a student of Mark Ostoich, she went on to pursue her graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she studied with Cynthia DeAlmeida, principal oboist of the…

Mike Becker is a woodwind specialist from the New England area who teaches and performs on saxophone, flute, oboe, and clarinet. An avid performer in classical, jazz, contemporary, and commercial music, Mike holds a bachelor's degree in saxophone performance from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in multiple woodwinds performance and pedagogy from Ohio…

Nuria joined the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban (South Africa) as Principal Oboe in 2012. She holds a Master's Degree in Oboe Performance from the International School of Music Reina Sofia in Madrid (2010), Spain and from the International University of Andalucía (2011).

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.