I started playing the Oboe the summer after my 9th grade year. My Junior High Band Teacher, Robert Wood, suggested that I learn it because people that could play it got better scholarships. The Oboe is the hardest woodwind instrument there is due to the high amount of air pressure required to play it. It has been a challenge, but it has greatly increased my lung capacity. It's a beautiful instrument and I wouldn't give it up now for anything! I play on a very nice student model made by Armstrong. It's made out of plastic that's designed to look like wood. It was given to me as a present from my Parents. I played on an English Horn for the first time for the Bluffdale Arts Council's production of Oklahoma (as you can see from the picture on the right), but I do not own one. The English Horn I borrowed belongs to Christie (the Orchestra Director for the Bluffdale Arts Council) and is about 70 years old. It was the one played on the soundtrack for the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Groups:
Beginning Band, 1995
Salt Lake Community College Pep Band, 1996-1997 (Clarinet, Tenor Sax, & Oboe)
Taylorsville High Wind Ensemble, 1997-1998 (Clarinet & Oboe)

Productions:
The Music Man- Bennion Utah West Stake, 2001 (Clarinet & Oboe)
The Messiah- Draper Symphony and Chorus; 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 & 2006 (Clarinet & Oboe)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers- West Valley Arts Council, 2003 (Clarinet & Oboe)
Christmas Concert 2004- The Doug Clyde Music Studio (Voice, Oboe and Soprano, Alto, & Tenor Recorders)
Oklahoma- Bluffdale Arts Council, 2005 (Oboe & English Horn)
Songs of the Restoration and Joseph Smith- Day Murray Organ School, 2005 (Oboe & Choir- Tenor)
Les Miserables- Bluffdale Arts Council, 2005 (Oboe & English Horn)
Angel Tree Benefit Concert- West Valley Symphony, 2005 (Oboe & Soprano Recorder)
Beauty and the Beast- Bluffdale Arts Council, 2006 (Oboe & English Horn)
The Doug Clyde Music Studio Christmas Concert 2006 (Voice, Clarinet, Oboe and Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, & Bass Recorders)
Peter Pan- Murray Arts Council, 2007 (Oboe & English Horn)
The Music Man- Draper Arts Council, 2007 (Clarinet, Oboe, & English Horn)
From Cumorah's Hill- Bennion Utah West Stake, 2009 (Oboe & Voice- Solo Part)
Seussical the Musical- Draper Arts Council, 2009 (Clarinet, Tenor Sax, & Oboe)
Seussical the Musical- Sandy Arts Council, 2009 (Clarinet, Tenor Sax, & Oboe)

Private Lessons:
Robert G. Wood, 1995-1997
Natalie Yavornitzky, 1997-1998