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Geoffrey has played both oboe & English horn with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for over a decade and teaches oboe students across the Detroit Metro. In addition to DSO, he has performed with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa, Canada), Pittsburgh Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Detroit Chamber Winds, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, Recollective Orchestra, and recording studios in Los Angeles and Detroit. In addition to his private studio in Detroit-Metro, Geoffrey will join the faculty at Western Michigan University as adjunct oboe professor in Fall 2022.
He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with renown teachers, John Mack and Frank Rosenwein, and was accepted to Juilliard and Northwestern (DMA) as well. Mr. Johnson has given masterclasses at the University of Ottawa, was also a private lessons teacher with the Sphinx Preparatory School, and is an oboe teacher and coach for AVANTI, the DSO summer music festival.
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Private lesson students’ achievements include:
- High school students winning chairs in Michigan All-State Orchestra MMEA (2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2009)
- Winning chairs in Texas All-State Orchestra (TMEA)
- First divisions at STATE solo & ensemble competitions in both Michigan and Texas
- Concerto Competition Winners in the Detroit-Metro
- Selected to perform in top youth orchestras around the metro area
- Selected to perform at Michigan Youth Arts Festival & Michigan Honors Band
- Acceptance into Interlochen Academy for the Art
- College scholarship recipients at major universities and conservatories around the country including University of Michigan, Bowling Green, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, McGill University and others
- Receiving FULL music scholarships to major universities, including Vanderbilt University, Oakland University, and Bowling Green University
- Acceptance as oboe performance majors into major universities such as Baldwin-Wallace College, Vanderbilt University, University of Michigan, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, McGill University, Arizona State University, and more
- Acceptance into University of Michigan summer camp, Blue Lake International Festival, Interlochen Summer camp
- Featured in newspapers, including Royal Oak Review, Troy Tribune, Michigan Chronicle, etc.
Private lessons are offered year round for beginners to advanced, and include individual attention on:
There are several options for lessons:
Oboe & English horn rental for students (based on availability)
- Technique practice with advanced rhythms, scales & arpeggios
- Preparation of music for solo & ensemble
- Help with band & orchestra music
- Preparation of music for scholarship and college auditions
- Reed making
- Instrument repair
- Orchestral Excerpts
- Double Tonguing exercises
- Handmade oboe & English horn reeds for sale
There are several options for lessons:
- 30-minute lessons – middle school and adult only
- 45-minute lessons – middle school, high school, adult
- 60-minute lessons - middle school, high school, adult
- Virtual online lessons - middle school, high school, adult
Oboe & English horn rental for students (based on availability)
Reed making classes are offered separately and periodically throughout the year, as well as instrument repair and maintenance classes. Classes with no more than 4 students per class allows for each student to get individual attention. Reed making classes focus on learning to make reeds from scratch, as well as adjust store bought reeds for better performance. Beginning reed making classes include tying reeds and basic scrapes (including adjusting store bought reeds), intermediate classes include advanced scraping techniques (for specific goals such as response, pitch, and tone), knife sharpening, adjusting reeds, and advanced classes include shaping cane, and gouging, along with gouger setup. The goal is for all of my student's to gain independence in their own reed making and to make reeds that suit their needs.
Oboe studio is located in Royal Oak, close to Ferndale, Troy, Clawson, Madison Heights, Birmingham, Berkley, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Farmington, Grosse Pointe and Walled Lake, and more!
Please visit my blog to see students' recent accomplishments!!
Oboe studio is located in Royal Oak, close to Ferndale, Troy, Clawson, Madison Heights, Birmingham, Berkley, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Farmington, Grosse Pointe and Walled Lake, and more!
Please visit my blog to see students' recent accomplishments!!