Shawn Welk · Oboe & English horn

OU Oboe Studio

Private Lessons

One-on-one mentorship built around your goals and your sound.

Your lesson is the heart of everything. It's where we slow down, listen closely, and refine the knowledge, instincts, and skills you'll carry into the practice room and onto the stage. Think of me as your mentor and guide: I'll give you honest feedback and map out a path of challenges — built around the goals we set together — that keeps you growing.

Those goals start with you: your interests, your dreams, where you want the oboe to take you. From there we hold to the standards of technique, sound, and understanding that will serve you for a lifetime of playing — whether you're aiming for a career on stage, in the classroom, or simply the joy of playing well.

Oboe lesson
Oboe lesson

More than notes

Lessons are mostly about music — etudes, orchestral excerpts, and the solo repertoire you love. But along the way you'll build something bigger: discipline, grit, and the ability to manage your own growth. Those habits will serve you long after any single piece, in whatever life you go on to build.