<p>DD plays the oboe and English horns…and owns excellent quality instruments. She was a state ranked high school player here as a sophomore. She DID continue to play her oboe in the college orchestra in college as a non-major (her school did not have a strong music program and therefore had an “open to all students” orchestra) as first oboe player. They loved having her as oboe/English horn players are not particularly plentiful. BUT did this translate into “big bucks”…no it did not. She did get a $750 a year orchestra performance scholarship for playing in the orchestra…and her private oboe instruction was at no cost for four years.</p>
<p>Believe me…if there had been a full ride out there for talented oboe players (who wanted to major in engineering), she would have applied to those schools. We never found any such places.</p>