1. Oboe Practice Coaching

Practice in the right way to make every practice counts!

Learn how to practice well is essential to the development and success of every music student. Repeating bad habits, lack of focused attention, and the inability to extract specific issues and deal with them efficiently: these are challenges that students face in the practice. A practice coach can help eliminate these destructive habits and improve the student’s ability to practice with maximum efficiency.

A good practice coach can be an invaluable part of a serious music student’s progress. We hope you’ll take advantage of this unique opportunity to dramatically improve the productivity of your practice time ! 

Oboe Practice Coaching:

• Provide feed back so that mistakes and bad habits will not be repeated during daily practice
• Guide the student to practice the hard part methodically
• Improve practice efficiency
• Make the practice session interesting and inspiring

2. Private Oboe Lessons

Lessons are tailored to student's unique learning needs, and repertoire remains flexible so that student is able to learn music which interests him/her. The teacher will ensure the student makes fast and steady progress for all skill levels.

Lisa

Critically acclaimed for her virtuosity and versatility, Lisa performs internationally as a soloist, chamber artist, and orchestral musician, having appeared with the Nova Filarmonia of Portugal, the National Orchestra of New York, the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and the Greenwich Village Orchestra, with concert engagements at notable venues such as the Phillips Collection, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, the Frick Collection, and Merkin Concert Hall.

Lisa, a prizewinner of the 15th Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition and the Artists International Special Presentation Award, presented her solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, has recorded on the Digital Concerto, Albany, and Arabesque labels, and her solo recording of Doubles by Judith Zaimont was named to Chamber Music America’s Century List; she has 11 solo oboe and chamber music commissions funded by the Minnesota Composers Forum and the Aaron Copland Fund for New Music, and has been featured on NPR, WQXR, Voice of America, CBS Sunday Morning, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

As a member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, Lisa was a finalist in the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Chamber Music Competition and won prizes in the Coleman, Fischoff, Monterey, Yellow Springs, and Chamber Music Chicago Competitions; she also created a widely adopted educational model during her 9-year tenure as Director of Chamber Music for the New York Youth Symphony and was awarded the Chamber Music America Heidi Castleman Award for excellence in chamber music teaching.

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Oboe & Chamber Music and has previously taught at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Central Michigan University, Oklahoma State University, and Moravian College.

Most recently, Lisa earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, studying with New York Philharmonic oboist Sherry Sylar; her dissertation on the New York Chamber Music Society, 1915-1937, was funded by the Baisley Powell Elebash Research Fund, and she holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and a Master of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, having studied with notable instructors such as Robert Bloom, Mason Jones, and John Krell.

Risk-Free Satisfaction Guarantee

If the trial lesson doesn’t meet your expectations, we’ll gladly help you connect with another top-rated, highly qualified tutor—or issue a FULL refund.

Refund for Lesson Packages

You may cancel a lesson package with at least 24 hours' written notice before the next lesson. Completed lessons will be billed at the standard hourly rate, and the remaining balance will be refunded minus a 5% processing fee. The fee is waived if you keep the balance as credit on your TimeAfterSchool account for other lessons.

Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy

• Standard Policy: Provide at least 24 hours' notice before the scheduled start time to cancel or reschedule a lesson free of charge. Cancellations or reschedules with less than 24 hours’ notice will incur the full lesson fee.
• Grace Period for Packages: For each packages of 10 or more lessons, you are allowed one late cancellation or rescheduling (with less than 24 hours' notice) without penalty to accommodate unexpected situations. Any additional late cancellations or changes beyond this one-time exception will be charged in full.

Adult Supervision

All tutoring sessions for students under 18 years old must be supervised by a responsible adult.