Ithaca Reed Making
Undergraduate students are required to make 40 blanks and 30 quality reeds per semester.
Graduate students are required to make 60 blanks and 50 quality reeds.
If you purchase quality cane, practice cane selection, and use Dr. S's preventative formation and scraping techniques, this is not only possible, but effortless.
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 60 blanks and 50 quality reeds.
If you purchase quality cane, practice cane selection, and use Dr. S's preventative formation and scraping techniques, this is not only possible, but effortless.
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
"You can perform on old reeds ...
but not in tune, in timbre, or in time!"
--Dr. S
