Many thanks for this inspiring conversation. Special mention goes to @Natalie Fulwider for her excellent questions that got us started off in the right direction. Thank you to @Jill Cathey for sharing her experiences. Special mention to @Rhonda Smith for explaining her neuro-diversity and unpacking how it applies to her oboe experience.

I sometimes play my oboe reeds by itself for my grandkids. They think it is the funniest thing they have ever heard. Here is my granddaughter's imitation of it. It makes me laugh every time she does it.

We dove into English horn land! It was delightful. Thank you to everyone for their excellent questions. Thanks to @Diane Ritz-Salminen for getting us started with bocal talk. Thank you to @Deborah Racklyeft for her question about diminuendo and soft attacks. Gratitude for trouble-shooting drone practice. @Lorrie Smith Shout out to @Magda Prins-Nip for her precise and articulate questions.

This was a terrific and mirth-filled session. Special thanks to @Sue Adney @Magda Prins-Nip @Caroline Marini @Diane Ritz-Salminen For your excellent questions.

It was great to see so many friends again. I really missed our Oboe Path Community. As I starting up playing again, it is great to be reminded about drones and other reed warm-ups. I have been doing a lot of reed flexibility warm-ups to help with intonation and it is working. There are certain notes if I get in tune make all of the notes around it in-tune,. I have been going up and down and playing songs on the reed. Now I need to try without holding the reed in my hand. Wednesday is a great day for me to attend a masterclass so I hope it stays on Wednesdays. Hope to be better by next week so I can participate more. Thanks so much for doing this, Dianne