Ithaca Reed Making
Undergraduate students are required to make 20 blanks and 15 quality reeds per semester.
Graduate students are required to make 30 blanks and 25 quality reeds.
If you purchase quality cane, practice cane selection, and use Dr. S's preventative formation and scraping techniques, this is possible.
Quality is defined on an individual basis according to degree and level of advancement.
Individual quality changes each semester.
"Reed Hours" are held three hours weekly in the Ithaca Studio. These provide an opportunity to work along-side Dr. S and each other.
Learn through observation, communication, and interactive feedback.
Graduate students are required to make 30 blanks and 25 quality reeds.
If you purchase quality cane, practice cane selection, and use Dr. S's preventative formation and scraping techniques, this is possible.
Quality is defined on an individual basis according to degree and level of advancement.
Individual quality changes each semester.
"Reed Hours" are held three hours weekly in the Ithaca Studio. These provide an opportunity to work along-side Dr. S and each other.
Learn through observation, communication, and interactive feedback.
Course Breakdown
TO BE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2017.
*Reeds (Blanks or Finished) will ALWAYS be accepted early.
*Late reeds will result in half credit per reed.
"You can perform on old reeds ... but not in tune, in timbre, or in time!" --Dr. S