Commission

Offering custom, classically notated music with oboe specialty, to celebrate and nurture any age, level or need of oboe playing, solo, and up.

COMMISSION

Kathryn J. Potter to compose a custom, musical composition.
Please use form to start the conversation. All work requires an mutually agreed upon signed contract, and deposit in advance with balance upon completion.

Everything is negotiable…

Dear Guests,

Well, after 48 years of oboe playing, I am not playing anymore and therefor
1) am committing all the time I reasonably can - without compromising artistic and life quality - to composing for this magnificent instrument
2) need/welcome and am most grateful for properly paid work

also

After decades of teaching children, adults and seniors how to play the oboe - and more importantly - help them discover their musical voice, I am
1) Passionately devoted more than ever to composing rich, juicy, musical études for all levels of oboists
2) “ “ repertoire for the oboists of today - and all tomorrows, to enjoy.

Thank you,
Kathryn J. Potter
Feb. 19, 2024

P.S. (I invite you to check out my “Muse’s Wish List”!)

Muse’s Wish List:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF:
1) Peter Hertling
with a book of XII progressive flute and oboe duets
$22,000.

2) Lois Wann
with a collection of 4 progressive works for oboe and piano
$ 20,000.

3) Paul Laubin
with a book of progressive oboe études
$750. per (turn around might be 7 years … just kidding! Seriously - it is with Paul’s oboes made for me, that I could express all the colors and dynamics in the music which I’ve composed and is presently published, as close as possible to my imagination. I am forever grateful! )

4) Eliot Wadopian - my soul mate and late husband
epistle for oboe, and string 4tet comprised of violin, viola, cello and bass - priceless

5) Marc Lifshey
Something very lyrical for oboe, voice and chamber orchestra.
Let’s talk.

THREE TRIOS

1) Love, harmony and beauty
for flute, oboe, and piano
(the three instruments I’ve played and taught for many years)

2) Black Sails
for oboe, horn, and harp

3) A word to the wise
for oboe, accordion and vocalist singing nonsense


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Dear Ones,

Please note: No need to by shy. It can’t hurt to kick around some ideas. Feeling inspired? I am. Let’s talk!
Again, please use the form provided to get the conversation started.

Thank you,
Kathryn J. Potter

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“Kathryn Potter's works are 'great music' because through them she invites the performer to experiment musically and to find ever new levels of artistic bliss. At an age when so much music is being created, and so much of it matters little whether we play it softer, louder, move it or feel it, Potter's music reminds us of the important balance between creation and performance, arguably because she is both a composer and an oboist. What I look for in great music is the ability to respect and learn from the point of view of a composer, yet interact with that music in an honest manner, bringing in my own feelings to the discourse. I feel I can do that with Potter's music, and learn more from it every time I open the score" - Alex Klein, 2021