Jennet Ingle Reeds

WHY am I doing this?

Hi, Friend! WHY am I Doing this? The world is currently crazy. Fascists and measles are on the rise. It seems we get to just run other sovereign nations now. Our government is invading Minnesota. My friends who are Black and brown, who are queer, who are women - well, all of us, really - are afraid. I can’t keep up with the news and I’m happier when I don’t, and also I can’t look away and no one can. This is not normal. It is not ok. And there’s tragically little any one of us can do. So I’m...

7 months ago • 1 min read

The Long Tone is Meditation

Hi Reader, Too often, I come to the oboe FAST, URGENTLY, in a hurry to get my practicing done, to jump into the interesting rep, to get ready for rehearsal after a commute. A minute ago I was in the car, in the kitchen, shooing my child out the door for school. I need something - a transition period - to get me into the work I have to do. The work of sound, of pitch, of ease, of control. I need to find myself on the oboe before I can BE the oboe for someone else, whether that’s the conductor...

over 3 years ago • 1 min read