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A new compilation, “12 (Soon-To-Be Famous) Studies for Oboe,” by Professor Sarah Hamilton, has been published.

The collection of newly composed etudes introduces blues, funk, Latin rhythms, multiphonics, harmonics, glissandi, complex meters and tonalities and aleatoric improvisions. Dr. Hamilton’s collaborator on the project was Dr. Aaron Hill, professor of oboe and classical saxophone at the University of Nevada, Reno.

The studies are intended for advanced high schoolers and early college-level students and can be equally useful on stage or in the teaching studio” - Dr. Sarah Hamilton

“The creation of these studies is inspired by gaps in needed skill development we found to be missing in traditional etudes,” explained Hamilton, who is also associate director of SUNY Fredonia’s School of Music.

“And we wanted to involve composers, most of whom are themselves oboists. The studies are intended for advanced high schoolers and early college-level students and can be equally useful on stage or in the teaching studio” she added.  

Hamilton has already been using these new etudes with her own studio and recently performed several of them with Hill at the International Double Reed Society Conference at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN, in June.

Oboist Bug Medrano, who graduated in May from the School of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Composition, contributed significant music notation expertise to the project.

In addition to Hamilton and Hill, the 12 composers whose works are featured in the collection include Professor Rob Deemer, who is coordinator of the Composition Area at the School of Music. The project received funding from the Canada Council of the Arts, the Nevada Arts Council, the University of Nevada Reno and Fox Products. The publisher is Conway Publications.

Hamilton has collaborated with Hill on some recording projects and at Oboe Day at SUNY Fredonia. They are now working on each recording half of these new etudes to model their performance.

Hamilton also is principal oboe with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble-in-residence in the School of Music, and English hornist with the Erie (PA) Philharmonic. She has  performed regularly in the “Bach and Beyond” festival, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

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