Spring 2027

Oboe Reed-making

Covers principles, tools, and skills for oboe reed-making, including advanced finishing, equipment maintenance, and troubleshooting.

no offering record for this termCredits unavailable
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Share advanced knowledge of the guiding principles of oboe reed-making.

  • Exhibit individual skill with all stages of the oboe reed-making process.

  • Demonstrate professional-level artistry and consistency in oboe reed-making. A special focus will be made on advanced reed-finishing work for returning and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Identify problems with reeds and advise on making improvements.

  • Demonstrate proficiency in oboe reed-making equipment maintenance and gouging machine blade replacement.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades

No recorded grade history.

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

Declared in the undergraduate Music program, Music: Education BM, Music: Performance BM, Music: MA, Music: PhD, Music: Performance MM, Music: Education MM, or Music: Performance DMA

    • undergraduate Music program
    • Music: Education BM
    • Music: Performance BM
    • Music: MA
    • Music: PhD
    • Music: Performance MM
    • Music: Education MM
    • Music: Performance DMA
    take one
MUSIC 408

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • Any of
    • undergraduate Music program
    • Music: Education BM
    • Music: Performance BM
    • Music: MA
    • Music: PhD
    • Music: Performance MM
    • Music: Education MM
    • Music: Performance DMA

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.

Meeting source records

No records available.

Student experience

the class

Principles, tools, and skills involved in oboe reed-making.

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

  • Oboe reed-making principles and tools
  • Advanced reed-finishing work
  • Equipment maintenance and blade replacement
  • Reed problem identification and improvement advice

Skills

  • Guiding principles of oboe reed-making
  • All stages of the oboe reed-making process
  • Advanced reed-finishing work
  • Identifying reed problems and advising on improvements
  • Equipment maintenance and gouging machine blade replacement

Grades

Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

No grades available yet.

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Selected offering source records

No offering records for the selected term.

Raw records
[]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews

No records available.

Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Model & dataset provenance
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "e4984e83203646026007b2ebf356633acb28ee078a4525596459bb6a5d3b9e81",
  "requirements_status": "needs_review",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}