This contemporary oboe shaper is a reproduction of Robert Sorton’s favorite shaper tip, and is the same shape he uses in his successful reedmaking business. He first got this tip while studying with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music, but modified it to suit his professional playing requirements. It later became a key tool in his reed making business. When his customers starting asking how they could make reeds like his, he asked Westwind to help. This tip faithfully reproduces his original and is available through:
The Sorton Reed Works Phone: (740) 587-1603 Fax: (740) 587-0752 Open 9-5 Eastern, Monday through Friday Call during business hours, please!
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Robert Sorton is Professor of Oboe at The Ohio State University, where he founded OBOHIO—The Double Reed Consort—in 1990. After graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts, he earned both his Bachelor and Masters Degrees, summa cum laude, from the Cleveland Institute of Music. For fourteen years, he was Assistant Principal Oboe of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Miami Philharmonic, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Charlotte Symphony.
Since 2000, he has served as Principal and Solo Oboe of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, where he also teaches and coaches. Since 2001, he has taught and coached at the Roanoke Youth Symphony Summer Institute. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Sorton was Principal and Solo Oboe of the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra of the Eastern Music Festival.
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