Commission

Welcome to the commission page. Individuals or organizations are welcome to apply to commission me to compose a custom work for solo oboe, oboe ensemble or oboe in ensemble.

COMMISSION

Welcome. Please select from the following menu of Summer 2025 custom musical commission options:

Music for Professional or Amateur Instrumentalists
Solo Specials
Fantasia $2,000.
per 5 “real time” performance minutes worth of written music.

Duet Special
Oboe plus one other
$3,000. per 5 “real time” minutes worth of written music.

Trio Special
for Flute, Oboe and Piano
let’s chat and negotiate

Thank you for your consideration.

I am open and able to compose music for all instruments of the Western classical orchestra. My specialty is composing for the oboe which I played for 48 years and taught since 1992, as well as composing for flute, voice and piano. All other instruments and instrumental group combinations is through study, performing experience and learning from special individuals in this great journey of life.

Don’t be shy. There is only one you, and it would be my pleasure to create something special for you - or loved ones. Thank you.
Kathryn J. Potter
July 5, 2025

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“Kathryn Potter's works are 'great music' because through them she invites the performer to experiment musically and to find ever new levels of artistic bliss. At an age when so much music is being created, and so much of it matters little whether we play it softer, louder, move it or feel it, Potter's music reminds us of the important balance between creation and performance, arguably because she is both a composer and an oboist. What I look for in great music is the ability to respect and learn from the point of view of a composer, yet interact with that music in an honest manner, bringing in my own feelings to the discourse. I feel I can do that with Potter's music, and learn more from it every time I open the score" - Alex Klein, 2021