Parker Oboe is a true legato oboe library performed by Dr. Andrew Parker, Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Texas.
Recorded at Orb Studios in Austin, Texas, our goal was to create a responsive, agile instrument that could handle a variety of exciting orchestral contexts without any keyswitching.
The Workhorse patch is the all-rounder; performed with a confident mezzo-forte dynamic. Fat Lead is Andrew playing the oboe at full chat — great when you need bite, attitude and soaring melodies. Emotional offers a lyrical performance at mezzo-piano while Delicate explores the very soft, ethereal side of the instrument.
We’ve also captured a variety of inhale breaths with subsequent “pre-attack” air/tonguing noises — really helps sell the performance when peppered in before/in-between phrases.
- Legato oboe
- Performed with natural, progressive vibrato
- Tuned and untuned variation
- Recorded close for mixing flexibility
- Adjustable reverb of custom hall impulse
Patches
- Oboe Legato – Workhorse
- Oboe Legato – Fat Lead
- Oboe Legato – Emotional
- Oboe Legato – Delicate
- Breaths
With the Workhorse and Fat Lead patches, velocities 1-30 will play a softer attack, 31-114 triggers a more excited attack (with round robins) while 115-127 offers an immediate vibrato following the attack.
For Emotional and Delicate, playing legato at velocities 1-89 will activate performances with natural, progressive vibrato while 90-127 will play back performances with a quicker vibrato entrance — allowing you to enhance your vibrato phrasing on the fly within a melody.
The Breaths patch is a collection of inhales extracted from throughout the session. Integrating breaths before or between phrases can enhance your mockup, infusing it with a sense of presence and authenticity.
Dr. Andrew Parker is currently Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Texas at Austin and faculty at the Round Top Festival Institute. In addition to his teaching, Andrew maintains a rich performing career as a soloist and chamber musician. He has performed concerti with numerous orchestras including the Quad City Symphony, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Great Falls Symphony, the Puerto Rico Philharmonic, the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra, and the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra.
His solo album, The Singing Oboe, was featured as CD of the week for two consecutive weeks on the Boston classical station 99.5 WCRB. Andrew has been principal oboe of the Quad City Symphony for fourteen seasons.
In addition to his position with the Quad City Symphony, Andrew plays English horn at Music in the Mountains and has performed with numerous other orchestras including the National Arts Center Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, the New Mexico Symphony, and many others. He has also performed in a wide variety of chamber music settings at various international festivals including FEMUSC in Brazil, the Aspen Music Festival, ChatterABQ, Willy Street Chamber Players, Austin Chamber Music Center, The Sarasota Music Festival, Round Top Festival, Music in the Mountains, and Kinhaven Music School.
