September 23, 2025 • 19 mins
This was an amazing opportunity and I'm so happy to share it with you! I was invited by Buffet Crampon, the company that makes my oboe, to perform in Paris for their 200 year anniversary. Here's how it went.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Confident Musicianing
Podcast.
My name is Eleanor and I am aBritish American oboist studying
at the Royal Conservatoire ofScotland literally my dream
school and it took me a long wayto get there.
I applied and auditioned for 12schools in three different
countries.
It was a lot of hard work but,oh my gosh, so worth it.
(00:24):
I want you to have theconfidence to work hard in
achieving your goals, so comewith me as we go on this journey
together.
So sit down, pull up a chair,take a seat or, if you're on the
go, welcome to the ConfidentMusicianing Podcast.
Hello, hello, hello, andwelcome back to another episode
(00:48):
of the Confident MusicianingPodcast.
Today we're going to talk aboutsomething really exciting,
something that's happened in mylife, I guess in the past few
weeks, and that I really want totell you about because it was
so exciting.
It was just, it was the best,and I want to share it with you.
(01:09):
So I was asked by BuffetCrampon, which is a company that
makes oboes and bassoons andlike, basically, woodwind
instruments, and who makes myoboe.
(01:32):
They asked me to go to Franceand perform in their 200th
anniversary concert and I waslike yes, please, yes, please.
It was so much fun, like Iremember I got the email for it
and I literally jumped up anddown in excitement.
I was like this is so exciting.
And yeah, it was in Paris atthe Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
(01:55):
I was performing with so manyamazing oboists from around
Europe and as well as someconservatoire students in Paris
and, yeah, it was just a groupof amazing, amazing people and
we performed this kind of it waslike a medley almost.
(02:16):
It was like an arrangement of abunch of different pieces.
So there was a little bit ofRossini, then there was like
Gabriel's oboe, then there wasAbba.
So it was a lot of differentthings.
It was kind of a mishmash ofeverything and it was really fun
, really fun, and it was.
(02:38):
Yeah, it was the best.
And I want to bring up a fewthings that really made it a
special trip and also kind ofsome things I just want to bring
up with you from a musician'sperspective, especially because
this trip, you know, obviouslythis wasn't a holiday.
It was like a performanceopportunity and it was so, so
(03:05):
amazing.
So, from a musician'sperspective, I think there's a
lot to unpack here as well.
So when I first got the email,the first thing I thought was
number one.
I can't wait, I'm excited toperform, but also there's going
to be so many amazing peoplethere and there was, and I think
(03:26):
, one thing that musicians youknow we need to to get good at
and and you can't get good atthis in the practice room but
that's networking, so going upto people and talking to them
and making connections.
Because the thing about thisentire trip to France and this
(03:48):
opportunity and the reason why Iwas able to do this and all of
this stuff was because Iapproached a member of Buffet
Buffet Crampon, a member of thiscompany, buffet Buffet Crampon,
a member of this company backin like six months ago, I was at
an event.
It was I was performing in thisevent in Scotland and I saw
(04:20):
this guy and someone told methat he works for Buffet Crampon
and I thought, okay, to makethis connection, I need to go up
and talk to him, um, andintroduce myself, and I did, and
it turned into this, like Imean, there were some steps in
between.
You know, um, but have makingconnections professionally and
you know it, it can turn intoamazing opportunities.
(04:42):
I think that that is soimportant.
Now, you know, every connectionis different, obviously, um,
you like, like, maybe youintroduce yourself to someone
and you know, maybe there isn'tan opportunity or something, but
it just so happened that, um, Iintroduced myself to this
person and, um, they werelooking for an oboist for
(05:04):
something, not this performance,but something else.
They were looking for an oboistand I agreed to do it and I was
that oboist for them and then Iwas able to, you know, be one
of the people that they asked todo this with or this
performance, and that wouldn'thave happened if I hadn't made
(05:27):
that initial networkingconnection.
And so, as musicians, it's soimportant, so important to make
connections in networking.
Yeah, and and I think you knowit can be very easy to kind of
overthink it, um, but the, thekind of benefits of, of
(05:49):
networking and being able tointroduce yourself to people is
just so is so much bigger thanthan the, the fear, I suppose,
so kind of going on this idea ofmaking new connections.
This trip was perfect formaking new connections and I did
.
I met so many amazing people inthe world of Oboe and, um, yeah
(06:13):
, in the world of Oboe and andWoodwind and and in in Europe,
and it was the best it reallywas.
And it's interesting becausebeforehand I was nervous, when I
was, when I was thinking, youknow, about this trip, ahead of
the trip, I was like, okay, Ineed to make a good first
impression.
I need to make a good firstimpression, and I was putting so
much emphasis on that.
(06:34):
And when I actually got thereand I started talking to people,
I was like why did I put somuch emphasis on that?
Because I mean, you should putemphasis.
But, like I, I think I wasoverthinking it too much.
And then I was like, okay, youknow, I can, I can do this.
I don't have to overthinkthings to do them.
Well, do you know what?
I mean?
It's good to think about things, but maybe not overthink.
(06:55):
And I definitely wasoverthinking that.
But the but it's so importantto network and I think as well,
it's like it's fine to do thingsnervous as well.
I think as musicians, wedefinitely know that because we
perform nervous Um, but withnetworking as well, it's it's
(07:19):
important to to to be able to dothings nervous and we can
definitely um, we had arehearsal, so so I got there.
Um, I left the UK at like I gotthere.
I left the UK at like.
I got on the plane at like halfseven, but that meant that I
had to wake up at 4 am, and so Idid wake up at 4 am and I got
on the plane and then, you know,I ended up in Paris.
That sounds like it was onaccident.
(07:41):
It was on purpose.
I was in Paris and then I hadto find the theater and whatnot
and by the time I was in therehearsal it was 4 pm.
So it was an entire 12 hours oflike traveling and getting
stuff organized and gettingthere and getting ready and blah
, blah, blah.
And by the time I got torehearsal I was like OK, I was
(08:02):
so tired, tired, but also soexcited and energized that I
just kind of forgot that I wastired.
You know what I mean.
And then after there was a party, like an evening gathering, um
at one of the Oboists apartments, and that was perfect for um,
it was perfect for networkingand I was able to meet so many
(08:22):
amazing people and and do that.
And I think it's so valuable asa musician because now I have
more connections with kind ofthe French oboe scene and a
little bit in Germany as well,you know, and that's just like
it's perfect.
It's really good.
So this trip was so good formaking connections and it's so
(08:44):
funny how it's.
The reason why I was asked tobe a part of this performance
was because I went up andintroduced myself to someone you
know what I mean.
Like if I hadn't done that, Iwouldn't have been asked to do
this opportunity and I wouldn'thave been able to introduce
myself to more people and meetmore people.
So it's kind of a domino effect, which is very exciting also.
(09:08):
So that that's about makingconnections.
The next thing that I think isreally interesting was it was
definitely a learning experienceoboe wise.
And yeah, it was definitely alearning experience, oboe wise.
So context I am a conservatoirestudent.
I study at the RoyalConservatoire of Scotland, I'm a
(09:30):
second year, I'm going into mysecond year.
It's currently autumn.
I'm starting my second yearactually tomorrow at the time of
recording.
So very exciting.
But I in that I mean that'sgood to note I was around a lot
(09:53):
of professionals.
There were so manyprofessionals.
There were also conservatoirestudents from France and there
were professionals.
So there was a lot of differentkind of abilities and levels
and I think you know the wholeconcert was such an amazing kind
of mishmash, of amazingmusicians, and there were so
(10:14):
many amazing performers thereand I, for me, I was like so
kind of excited about performingwith these amazing, amazing
people.
And I think it's interestingbecause you can kind of look at
this opportunity in two waysBecause I was so excited, I was
so excited, but then there wasalso a voice in the back of my
head that was like you must makea good first impression.
(10:36):
They, like I really wanted themto like me.
Do you know what I mean as anOval Wizard?
I was like, oh, let's be good,I want to play, well, obviously.
And then I got there and I, youknow, I played to the best of
my ability and I had a good timeand, like I think that was good
(10:56):
.
But I was also surrounded by somany people who, like, are
actual professionals, who havebeen doing this, you know, for
way longer than I have, and soobviously they are way better
than I am at it.
And and for me it was kind oftwo options I found myself at
the beginning feeling a littlebit like nervous about that.
(11:20):
You know.
I mean like I was like, oh mygosh, you know, like I feel a
little bit stressed about, am Igonna make a good first
impression.
But then there's another kindof flip side to that and that is
being inspired by other people.
And so because I was around somany amazing, amazing musicians
(11:43):
who were, you know,professionals, I had the
opportunity to, number one, beinspired by them but also kind
of learn from them.
Inspired by them but also kindof learn from them.
You know, just playing aroundlike performing around other
musicians who who areprofessionals, when you are a
second year conservatory student, it just rubs off on you like
their, their, the, the, the kindof skill level and their tone
(12:07):
and things like that.
It just kind of rubs off on you, which is, which is an amazing
thing, but rubs off on you whichis an amazing thing.
But it also kind of helped meto be inspired in that way.
And now, moving into second yearat the conservatoire, I am so
excited to like work hard at myinstrument.
(12:27):
I was before, but it's kind ofignited a new excitement.
Do you know what I mean?
It's filled me with a new kindof sense of joy and excitement
towards this thing that I had somuch fun doing in this concert,
which is playing the oboe right, and so there's kind of that,
the excitement and the joy of it, and I'm so grateful for that.
(12:50):
I think as well, it gave me alot of perspective in terms of
seeing what I want to get betterat, because I feel like, um,
the, the people around me, they,you know, they, they were
playing so well.
The professionals, um wereplaying so well, and I could see
how I was like, okay, um, Iwant to sound more like them
(13:13):
like this.
Okay, I want to sound more likethem like this.
Or I want to sound more likethe professional oboists that
I'm playing with.
I want to move my articulationfaster, because I heard someone
do a really fast articulationand I was like, oh, I love that,
I want to make mine better,things like that.
And so now I feel like,subconsciously, it's kind of
(13:36):
given me a bit of a game plan ofthings that I want to work on
in my own playing, which is likeso cool as well.
I think this concert was so coolbecause it was a mash-up of
professionals and alsoconservatoire students, and so
it was kind of like theconservatoire students, we were
able to kind of perform with theprofessionals, which was such
(13:58):
an amazing experience.
So, oboe wise, it was likebrilliant.
Honestly, I was like having somuch fun and also learning so
much, which was brilliant.
Also, the rehearsals were inFrench.
This, this is just a side thing.
This has, I mean, I suppose ithas to do with music as well,
obviously but they were inFrench and so I don't I mean, I
(14:24):
speak some French, like okay.
So for me, I love learninglanguages.
It's kind of a side thing, Ilove learning languages.
And so when I found out that Iwas going to France, I was like,
okay, I want to do some French,and so I kind of did that, so I
was able to use some French,but, you know, not too much, and
(14:45):
the rehearsal was in French.
So that was a bit interesting.
And also, like the professorsprofessors like well, the, the
professionals also were some.
Some of them were professors.
They also spoke French and notmuch English.
So so there was some timeswhere, um, you know, it was a
bit tricky, um, in terms oflanguage stuff, but honestly,
(15:08):
that's fine too and I think, youknow, as musicians, it's very
helpful to know languages,because we travel sometimes and
do gigs and, you know, end up inFrance for concerts.
So you know that's helpful aswell.
So, um, yeah, and and that's so.
So, overall, it was such a goodtrip.
We had so much fun, um, I soenjoyed it.
(15:32):
I, it was the best.
I was able to perform and thencelebrate with these amazing,
amazing people and I was sohappy to be there.
Seriously, it was the best.
So, and it's crazy to thinkthat all of this because, well,
all of this couldn't havehappened if I hadn't gone up and
(15:53):
introduced myself to someone atBuffet so, yeah, it's really
the power of introducing oneselfto someone is just so, so, so
important.
So, before we do a recap, let metell you about a really fun
tool that I've been using In mypractice.
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For me, planning and reflectingin my practice is so important.
It means the difference betweenme just playing the oboe, not
really knowing what I'mperforming or what I'm
practicing, versus me knowingexactly what I'm working on.
And for this trip to France, Ireally needed to plan my
practice, because I got themusic like five days before,
(16:38):
five days before, and I had tolearn it in like three days, and
that was really stressful and alot.
So I needed to plan my practice, and the thing that I used for
my practice planning was mynotable practice journal.
This journal is so, soincredibly helpful for me.
I can not only plan, but alsoreflect on my sessions in this
(17:04):
journal.
It has really kind of justseriously changed my practicing
for the better, like so much forthe better.
As soon as I realized that thiswas helping me, I knew I needed
to tell you about it and I knewthat I needed to give you a code
.
So use code LMR15 for 15% offyour journal and, yeah, start
like start having more effectivesessions through your planning
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and reflecting of your practice.
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absolutely love, so this code isan affiliate code, which means
that I do receive a commissionwith no extra cost to you.
All right, so basically, Ithink the two really exciting
(17:49):
things about this France tripwas I made new connections, and
making connections was a bigpart of it, and also I had a
really great learning experienceobo-wise.
I'm so grateful to haveperformed in this and I think
that it was just so much fun andI have to tell you about it.
So I hope that you enjoyed thisepisode.
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That is about it for thisepisode.
Thank you so much for listeningthe stuff that has to do with
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Hello and welcome to the Confident Musicianing
Podcast.
My name is Eleanor and I am aBritish American oboist studying
at the Royal Conservatoire ofScotland literally my dream
school and it took me a long wayto get there.
I applied and auditioned for 12schools in three different
countries.
It was a lot of hard work but,oh my gosh, so worth it.
(00:24):
I want you to have theconfidence to work hard in
achieving your goals, so comewith me as we go on this journey
together.
So sit down, pull up a chair,take a seat or, if you're on the
go, welcome to the ConfidentMusicianing Podcast.
Hello, hello, hello, andwelcome back to another episode
(00:48):
of the Confident MusicianingPodcast.
Today we're going to talk aboutsomething really exciting,
something that's happened in mylife, I guess in the past few
weeks, and that I really want totell you about because it was
so exciting.
It was just, it was the best,and I want to share it with you.
(01:09):
So I was asked by BuffetCrampon, which is a company that
makes oboes and bassoons andlike, basically, woodwind
instruments, and who makes myoboe.
(01:32):
They asked me to go to Franceand perform in their 200th
anniversary concert and I waslike yes, please, yes, please.
It was so much fun, like Iremember I got the email for it
and I literally jumped up anddown in excitement.
I was like this is so exciting.
And yeah, it was in Paris atthe Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
(01:55):
I was performing with so manyamazing oboists from around
Europe and as well as someconservatoire students in Paris
and, yeah, it was just a groupof amazing, amazing people and
we performed this kind of it waslike a medley almost.
(02:16):
It was like an arrangement of abunch of different pieces.
So there was a little bit ofRossini, then there was like
Gabriel's oboe, then there wasAbba.
So it was a lot of differentthings.
It was kind of a mishmash ofeverything and it was really fun
, really fun, and it was.
(02:38):
Yeah, it was the best.
And I want to bring up a fewthings that really made it a
special trip and also kind ofsome things I just want to bring
up with you from a musician'sperspective, especially because
this trip, you know, obviouslythis wasn't a holiday.
It was like a performanceopportunity and it was so, so
(03:05):
amazing.
So, from a musician'sperspective, I think there's a
lot to unpack here as well.
So when I first got the email,the first thing I thought was
number one.
I can't wait, I'm excited toperform, but also there's going
to be so many amazing peoplethere and there was, and I think
(03:26):
, one thing that musicians youknow we need to to get good at
and and you can't get good atthis in the practice room but
that's networking, so going upto people and talking to them
and making connections.
Because the thing about thisentire trip to France and this
(03:48):
opportunity and the reason why Iwas able to do this and all of
this stuff was because Iapproached a member of Buffet
Buffet Crampon, a member of thiscompany, buffet Buffet Crampon,
a member of this company backin like six months ago, I was at
an event.
It was I was performing in thisevent in Scotland and I saw
(04:20):
this guy and someone told methat he works for Buffet Crampon
and I thought, okay, to makethis connection, I need to go up
and talk to him, um, andintroduce myself, and I did, and
it turned into this, like Imean, there were some steps in
between.
You know, um, but have makingconnections professionally and
you know it, it can turn intoamazing opportunities.
(04:42):
I think that that is soimportant.
Now, you know, every connectionis different, obviously, um,
you like, like, maybe youintroduce yourself to someone
and you know, maybe there isn'tan opportunity or something, but
it just so happened that, um, Iintroduced myself to this
person and, um, they werelooking for an oboist for
(05:04):
something, not this performance,but something else.
They were looking for an oboistand I agreed to do it and I was
that oboist for them and then Iwas able to, you know, be one
of the people that they asked todo this with or this
performance, and that wouldn'thave happened if I hadn't made
(05:27):
that initial networkingconnection.
And so, as musicians, it's soimportant, so important to make
connections in networking.
Yeah, and and I think you knowit can be very easy to kind of
overthink it, um, but the, thekind of benefits of, of
(05:49):
networking and being able tointroduce yourself to people is
just so is so much bigger thanthan the, the fear, I suppose,
so kind of going on this idea ofmaking new connections.
This trip was perfect formaking new connections and I did
.
I met so many amazing people inthe world of Oboe and, um, yeah
(06:13):
, in the world of Oboe and andWoodwind and and in in Europe,
and it was the best it reallywas.
And it's interesting becausebeforehand I was nervous, when I
was, when I was thinking, youknow, about this trip, ahead of
the trip, I was like, okay, Ineed to make a good first
impression.
I need to make a good firstimpression, and I was putting so
much emphasis on that.
(06:34):
And when I actually got thereand I started talking to people,
I was like why did I put somuch emphasis on that?
Because I mean, you should putemphasis.
But, like I, I think I wasoverthinking it too much.
And then I was like, okay, youknow, I can, I can do this.
I don't have to overthinkthings to do them.
Well, do you know what?
I mean?
It's good to think about things, but maybe not overthink.
(06:55):
And I definitely wasoverthinking that.
But the but it's so importantto network and I think as well,
it's like it's fine to do thingsnervous as well.
I think as musicians, wedefinitely know that because we
perform nervous Um, but withnetworking as well, it's it's
(07:19):
important to to to be able to dothings nervous and we can
definitely um, we had arehearsal, so so I got there.
Um, I left the UK at like I gotthere.
I left the UK at like.
I got on the plane at like halfseven, but that meant that I
had to wake up at 4 am, and so Idid wake up at 4 am and I got
on the plane and then, you know,I ended up in Paris.
That sounds like it was onaccident.
(07:41):
It was on purpose.
I was in Paris and then I hadto find the theater and whatnot
and by the time I was in therehearsal it was 4 pm.
So it was an entire 12 hours oflike traveling and getting
stuff organized and gettingthere and getting ready and blah
, blah, blah.
And by the time I got torehearsal I was like OK, I was
(08:02):
so tired, tired, but also soexcited and energized that I
just kind of forgot that I wastired.
You know what I mean.
And then after there was a party, like an evening gathering, um
at one of the Oboists apartments, and that was perfect for um,
it was perfect for networkingand I was able to meet so many
(08:22):
amazing people and and do that.
And I think it's so valuable asa musician because now I have
more connections with kind ofthe French oboe scene and a
little bit in Germany as well,you know, and that's just like
it's perfect.
It's really good.
So this trip was so good formaking connections and it's so
(08:44):
funny how it's.
The reason why I was asked tobe a part of this performance
was because I went up andintroduced myself to someone you
know what I mean.
Like if I hadn't done that, Iwouldn't have been asked to do
this opportunity and I wouldn'thave been able to introduce
myself to more people and meetmore people.
So it's kind of a domino effect, which is very exciting also.
(09:08):
So that that's about makingconnections.
The next thing that I think isreally interesting was it was
definitely a learning experienceoboe wise.
And yeah, it was definitely alearning experience, oboe wise.
So context I am a conservatoirestudent.
I study at the RoyalConservatoire of Scotland, I'm a
(09:30):
second year, I'm going into mysecond year.
It's currently autumn.
I'm starting my second yearactually tomorrow at the time of
recording.
So very exciting.
But I in that I mean that'sgood to note I was around a lot
(09:53):
of professionals.
There were so manyprofessionals.
There were also conservatoirestudents from France and there
were professionals.
So there was a lot of differentkind of abilities and levels
and I think you know the wholeconcert was such an amazing kind
of mishmash, of amazingmusicians, and there were so
(10:14):
many amazing performers thereand I, for me, I was like so
kind of excited about performingwith these amazing, amazing
people.
And I think it's interestingbecause you can kind of look at
this opportunity in two waysBecause I was so excited, I was
so excited, but then there wasalso a voice in the back of my
head that was like you must makea good first impression.
(10:36):
They, like I really wanted themto like me.
Do you know what I mean as anOval Wizard?
I was like, oh, let's be good,I want to play, well, obviously.
And then I got there and I, youknow, I played to the best of
my ability and I had a good timeand, like I think that was good
(10:56):
.
But I was also surrounded by somany people who, like, are
actual professionals, who havebeen doing this, you know, for
way longer than I have, and soobviously they are way better
than I am at it.
And and for me it was kind oftwo options I found myself at
the beginning feeling a littlebit like nervous about that.
(11:20):
You know.
I mean like I was like, oh mygosh, you know, like I feel a
little bit stressed about, am Igonna make a good first
impression.
But then there's another kindof flip side to that and that is
being inspired by other people.
And so because I was around somany amazing, amazing musicians
(11:43):
who were, you know,professionals, I had the
opportunity to, number one, beinspired by them but also kind
of learn from them.
Inspired by them but also kindof learn from them.
You know, just playing aroundlike performing around other
musicians who who areprofessionals, when you are a
second year conservatory student, it just rubs off on you like
their, their, the, the, the kindof skill level and their tone
(12:07):
and things like that.
It just kind of rubs off on you, which is, which is an amazing
thing, but rubs off on you whichis an amazing thing.
But it also kind of helped meto be inspired in that way.
And now, moving into second yearat the conservatoire, I am so
excited to like work hard at myinstrument.
(12:27):
I was before, but it's kind ofignited a new excitement.
Do you know what I mean?
It's filled me with a new kindof sense of joy and excitement
towards this thing that I had somuch fun doing in this concert,
which is playing the oboe right, and so there's kind of that,
the excitement and the joy of it, and I'm so grateful for that.
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I think as well, it gave me alot of perspective in terms of
seeing what I want to get betterat, because I feel like, um,
the, the people around me, they,you know, they, they were
playing so well.
The professionals, um wereplaying so well, and I could see
how I was like, okay, um, Iwant to sound more like them
(13:13):
like this.
Okay, I want to sound more likethem like this.
Or I want to sound more likethe professional oboists that
I'm playing with.
I want to move my articulationfaster, because I heard someone
do a really fast articulationand I was like, oh, I love that,
I want to make mine better,things like that.
And so now I feel like,subconsciously, it's kind of
(13:36):
given me a bit of a game plan ofthings that I want to work on
in my own playing, which is likeso cool as well.
I think this concert was so coolbecause it was a mash-up of
professionals and alsoconservatoire students, and so
it was kind of like theconservatoire students, we were
able to kind of perform with theprofessionals, which was such
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an amazing experience.
So, oboe wise, it was likebrilliant.
Honestly, I was like having somuch fun and also learning so
much, which was brilliant.
Also, the rehearsals were inFrench.
This, this is just a side thing.
This has, I mean, I suppose ithas to do with music as well,
obviously but they were inFrench and so I don't I mean, I
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speak some French, like okay.
So for me, I love learninglanguages.
It's kind of a side thing, Ilove learning languages.
And so when I found out that Iwas going to France, I was like,
okay, I want to do some French,and so I kind of did that, so I
was able to use some French,but, you know, not too much, and
(14:45):
the rehearsal was in French.
So that was a bit interesting.
And also, like the professorsprofessors like well, the, the
professionals also were some.
Some of them were professors.
They also spoke French and notmuch English.
So so there was some timeswhere, um, you know, it was a
bit tricky, um, in terms oflanguage stuff, but honestly,
(15:08):
that's fine too and I think, youknow, as musicians, it's very
helpful to know languages,because we travel sometimes and
do gigs and, you know, end up inFrance for concerts.
So you know that's helpful aswell.
So, um, yeah, and and that's so.
So, overall, it was such a goodtrip.
We had so much fun, um, I soenjoyed it.
(15:32):
I, it was the best.
I was able to perform and thencelebrate with these amazing,
amazing people and I was sohappy to be there.
Seriously, it was the best.
So, and it's crazy to thinkthat all of this because, well,
all of this couldn't havehappened if I hadn't gone up and
(15:53):
introduced myself to someone atBuffet so, yeah, it's really
the power of introducing oneselfto someone is just so, so, so
important.
So, before we do a recap, let metell you about a really fun
tool that I've been using In mypractice.
(16:15):
For me, planning and reflectingin my practice is so important.
It means the difference betweenme just playing the oboe, not
really knowing what I'mperforming or what I'm
practicing, versus me knowingexactly what I'm working on.
And for this trip to France, Ireally needed to plan my
practice, because I got themusic like five days before,
(16:38):
five days before, and I had tolearn it in like three days, and
that was really stressful and alot.
So I needed to plan my practice, and the thing that I used for
my practice planning was mynotable practice journal.
This journal is so, soincredibly helpful for me.
I can not only plan, but alsoreflect on my sessions in this
(17:04):
journal.
It has really kind of justseriously changed my practicing
for the better, like so much forthe better.
As soon as I realized that thiswas helping me, I knew I needed
to tell you about it and I knewthat I needed to give you a code
.
So use code LMR15 for 15% offyour journal and, yeah, start
like start having more effectivesessions through your planning
(17:29):
and reflecting of your practice.
You know me, I do not recommendanything that I don't
absolutely love, so this code isan affiliate code, which means
that I do receive a commissionwith no extra cost to you.
All right, so basically, Ithink the two really exciting
(17:49):
things about this France tripwas I made new connections, and
making connections was a bigpart of it, and also I had a
really great learning experienceobo-wise.
I'm so grateful to haveperformed in this and I think
that it was just so much fun andI have to tell you about it.
So I hope that you enjoyed thisepisode.
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That is about it for thisepisode.
Thank you so much for listeningthe stuff that has to do with
the episode will be in the shownotes, in the description,
including the code for theNotable Practice Journal.
I don't think I spelled it out,I usually do so it's Eleanor15
for 15% off.
So that's E-L-E-A-N-O-R-1-5 for15% off.
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So that's e-l-e-a-n-o-r-1-5 for15% off.
Um your journal.
And yeah, if you enjoyed thisepisode, please do like,
subscribe, comment, share withall of your friends, um, and
follow, or, you know, do all the, do all the things.
It depends on the platforms.
Different things are differentthings, um, but yeah.
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musician friends and I will seeyou in the next one.
All right, take care.
Bye.
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