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Valarie Anderson

Valarie Anderson

Valarie Anderson is widely recognized for her expertise in reed making equipment for the oboe. She is the owner of Jeanné, Inc., and divides her time between performance and research into new products for double reed performers. Ms. Anderson began developing shaper tips during 1989 and by the spring of 1991, when they first were introduced to the marketplace, her oboe and English horn shaper tips were being widely used by oboists in many of the top orchestras in the United States. Today her shaper tips and gouging machines are used by prominent oboists worldwide. She has also the author of the acclaimed book on oboe reed making, Gouge, Shape and Scrape: A Comprehensive Guide to the Oboe Reed.

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Anderson has performed extensively as a soloist and in chamber music concerts in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Germany, Taiwan, and Norway. In addition to concerto performances in the United States and Canada, she has presented solo recitals at International Double Reed Society and College Music Society Conferences. She has premiered at least ten works specifically written for her.

Ms. Anderson is a founding member of the chamber ensemble, Fiati, and has recorded 4 compact discs with that ensemble. Fiati was formed in 1996 to perform and record chamber works involving oboe and clarinet with other instruments. Masterworks for Reed Trio was recorded in 1996 and includes compositions by Jean Françaix, Bohuslav Martinu, Heitor Villa-Lobos and a quartet for reed trio and piano by Florent Schmitt. Blend, released in 2001, features chamber works for oboe, clarinet and strings or piano, including the first recordings of Judith Lang Zaimont’s . . . 3: 4, 5 . . . for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and bass and Lloyd Ultan’s Curved Mirrors for oboe, clarinet and piano. Deck the Hall: A Holiday Celebration with Fiati, released in September 2002, features the traditional woodwind quintet, but with novel and creative instrumental arrangements of Christmas holiday favorites by Noel Scott Stevens. Impressions, released in 2005, features trios for oboe, clarinet and piano by Edouard Destenay, Margaret Griebling-Haigh, Gabriel Marie, Andre Previn, and Randall Davidson. The most recent recording, A Portrait of Brazil, was released in 2010 and features compositions by Joao Guilherme Ripper.

Ms. Anderson has served on the faculties of the University of Alberta/Grande Prairie from 1975-1982 and Virginia Tech from 1983 to 1990. From 1983 to 1997, she also was principal oboist with the Roanoke (VA) Symphony. She is frequently called upon to do oboe master classes, both nationally and internationally. In addition she has offered classes and private lessons in reed making and gouging machine set up.

51 products found in Valarie Anderson

Dukas (Anderson): Alla Gitana for oboe and piano
Dukas (Anderson): Alla Gitana for oboe and piano
  • $7.95
Ferling (Anderson): 48 Studies for Oboe, op. 31
Ferling (Anderson): 48 Studies for Oboe, op. 31
  • $10.95
Gillet (Anderson): Studies for the advanced teaching of the oboe
Gillet (Anderson): Studies for the advanced teaching of the oboe
  • $39.75
Gliere (Anderson): Deux Morceaux, op. 35 (Impromptu and Humoresque) for bassoon and piano
Gliere (Anderson): Deux Morceaux, op. 35 (Impromptu and Humoresque) for bassoon and piano
  • $8.75
Gliere (Anderson): Deux Morceaux, op. 35 for Oboe and Piano
Gliere (Anderson): Deux Morceaux, op. 35 for Oboe and Piano
  • $7.95
Jancourt: Trois Petites Sonates for Bassoon
Jancourt: Trois Petites Sonates for Bassoon
  • $14.25
Lefebvre (Anderson): Two Pieces for Oboe and Piano
Lefebvre (Anderson): Two Pieces for Oboe and Piano
  • $9.75
Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano
Loeffler: Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano
  • $30.75
Loeillet (Beon and Anderson): Sonate in G for oboe and piano
Loeillet (Beon/Anderson): Sonate in G for oboe and piano
  • $13.75
Luft (Anderson): 24 Etudes for Oboe or Saxophone
Luft (Anderson): 24 Etudes for Oboe or Saxophone
  • $18.75
Marcello (Anderson): Concerto in C Minor for oboe and piano
Marcello (Anderson): Concerto in C Minor for oboe and piano
  • $14.25
Milde (Anderson): Tarantella, op. 20 for Bassoon and Piano
Milde (Anderson): Tarantella, op. 20 for Bassoon and Piano
  • $7.95
Miroshnikov: Scherzo in G minor for bassoon and piano
Miroshnikov: Scherzo in G minor for bassoon and piano
  • $9.25
Mozart: Sonate K292 for bassoon and cello
Mozart: Sonate K292 for bassoon and cello
  • $9.75
Paladilhe and Anderson: Solo de Concert for oboe and piano
Paladilhe (Anderson): Solo de Concert for oboe and piano
  • $11.25
Pierne: Piece in G minor for Oboe and Piano
Pierne: Piece in G minor for Oboe and Piano
  • $7.25
Ravel (Anderson): Habanera for English Horn and Piano
Ravel (Anderson): Habanera for English Horn and Piano
  • $6.50
Ravel (Anderson): Habanera for Oboe and Piano
Ravel (Anderson): Habanera for Oboe and Piano
  • $6.50
Schumann (Anderson): Three Romances, op. 94 for oboe and piano
Schumann (Anderson): Three Romances, op. 94 for oboe and piano
  • $12.75
Sellner: Progressive Studies (Exercises for Articulation) for Oboe - Part 2
Sellner: Progressive Studies (Exercises for Articulation) for Oboe - Part 2
  • $17.95