DEVOTION: Oboe Brilliance remains committed to supporting musicians in being inspired. This is accomplished by fostering ever deepening relationships with instrumental playing (with an oboe/wind/keyboard specialty) by providing customized coaching, compositions and improvisational exercises for instrumentalists with equal emphasis on imaginative and technical development, in a patient, caring, heart centered way. A growing library (http://oboebrilliance.com/shop) of original compositions are available. Coaching with the composer to maximize understanding and self expression provided upon request.
MISSION: To compose, and teach, inspired oboe pedagogy and repertoire for oboe and winds.
VISION: To establish an international school of Oboe Brilliance - by 2035.
PURPOSE: To perpetually increase the level of joy and compassionate love consciousness through devoted artistry: creation, study, teaching and performance with inspired life long oboe, double reed and wind playing love.
FOUNDED: Oboe Brilliance was founded November 4, 2010 in Asheville N.C., by N.Y. born, composer and music teacher, with an oboe specialty, Kathryn J. Potter, when K.J.P. self published 3 books of music she’d composed for her oboe students*; IN ADORATION OF THE EARTH, 12 progressive études for solo oboe, (SHOP) THE SECRETS OF RAVENS, 7 intermediate duets for oboe, FLYING WITH RAVENS INTO THE NIGHT, quartet for 4 oboes.
*of K.J.Potter’s Music studio, which provided individualized oboe, flute, piano and composition lessons to children adults and seniors from 1992 - 2010 in Asheville, N.C.. Oboe Brilliance is an ongoing extension of K.J.Potter’s Music Studio.
FOUNDER: Kathryn J. POTTER, born in N.Y., passionate oboist and student from 1974 - present, oboe teacher from 1992 - present, published composer since 2010. Internationally published, studied and performed composer and educator, with an oboe specialty, since 2012.
EDUCATION of Founder: With deepest appreciation and respect to all music teachers.
Started with a childhood intensive arts education, of ballet (10 years),private piano lessons, church and school choirs, theatrical performances and consistent instrumental ensemble involvement, along with her private oboe/composition lessons w/ noted teachers: James CASSARA, (L.I., N.Y.), Peter HERTLING (L.I.,N.Y.) on scholarship: Lois WANN (N.Y.C., N.Y.) “Kathy can make a heart of stone weep.” Peter Hedrick (I.C., Ithaca N.Y.) Michael WINFIELD (Surrey, England) “What angel brings the sound of heaven to earth? Why it’s Miss POTTER with her oboe!” Marc LIFSCHEY (S.F.C. of M., CA) “Her mental focus and emotional intensity astound me.” her private composition teachers, on scholarship, include: Karel HUSA (I.C., Ithaca N.Y.) “K.J. is a powerfully creative feminine force as a composer and performer.” (Karel and K.J. focused studying the music of Béla Bartok and also the philosophy of inspiration, integrity and purpose.) Eli ARMER (S.F.C. of M, CA) “K.J. is both a deeply expressive performer and talented composer.” (Ms. Armer, student of Darius Milhaud, imparted his philosophy, and the culinary metaphors applied to composition to Kathryn J. which she deliberately incorporates into her compositions, thus keeping a lineage.)
K.J.P. is an ALUMNA of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she majored in oboe performance and composition on merit scholarship, after transferring from beginning her higher education at Ithaca College N.Y., and London England.
RECOGNITION and HONORS:
Music of Kathryn J. POTTER is incorporated as curriculum by students of Marika LOMBARDI at the Lili et Nadia Boulanger Conservatoire de Paris, France, as well as other fine schools around the world.
Association Français du HAUTBOIS endorses the solo oboe book “Illuminations”.
Federation Musicale de FRANÇAIS, listed selections of the book “Arc en Ciel” for repertoire éts d’enseignment musical, 2022.
The ANEMOS WW5tet, commissioned “Songes d’un Cœur Épris” WW5TET, for the Midieval Festival in Europe of 2013.
Kathryn POTTER., since 2012, is a repeated guest teacher, composer, coach and performer with the annual OBOEPARIS Festival in Paris, France and a repeated composer celebrating international women’s day in Paris, at the American Church in 2020, at the Italian Embassy of Paris in 2015. MUSE ECHO
Awarded an Asheville downtown HERO, N.C. in 1995, for being the Director of two performing arts series; Early Music to the Avant Garde, and The performing arts series, at the Green Door, in Asheville, where she brought together various ages, skill levels, and performance genres, for artistic and local community cultural enrichment.
Awarded the Bayport/Bluepoint, Stacey Luff memorial award, for her caring nature and zest for life.
Awarded the Islip Township of N.Y., “Outstanding Achievement in the Performing Arts” .
Founding Philosophy: “I believe the ultimate purpose of art, as well as humanity, is to increase love consciousness.” K.J.P.
