Our woodwind faculty will prepare you to succeed in a wide range of career options, including orchestral membership, chamber music, studio recording, free-lance performance, teaching or broader entrepreneurial pursuits. We are committed to your success after graduation.
One-on-one nurturing attention is given to each student in weekly lessons. Excellent staff pianists and inspiring classmates provide ample opportunity to hone your collaborative skills.
4-year plan for Bachelor of Music in Performance, Woodwinds, at University of the Pacific
All of our woodwind studios offer like-instrument ensemble playing, as well as instruction on various auxiliary instruments. Here are some of the school-owned and maintained, professional-grade instruments you will have access to:
Flute Studio - Burkart elite piccolo, Yamaha gold brass alto flute and Armstrong bass flute
Clarinet Studio - Eb (Buffet and Yamaha), Buffet Bb, Buffet A (4 instruments), Buffet alto, bass (2 Buffet Low C's), Selmer contra-bass clarinet, Buffet basset horns (2)
Saxophones - sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass
Oboe - Loree English horn, Loree AK and Fox Renard oboes
Bassoon - contrabassoon
Oboists and bassoonists also share a dedicated reed room, well stocked with state-of-the-art tools and crucial supplies including:
Wicked Edge knife sharpening system
Innoledy oboe cane gouger, a selection of shaper tips, tube cane
Bassoon gouging, profiling, shaping tools, tube cane
You will also benefit from frequent guest artists visiting the Pacific campus and from our proximity to the Stockton Symphony and other excellent regional orchestras and arts presentersas well as to the world-class San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Balletall offering tremendous experiential learning opportunities nearby.