Hello, I have a couple of questions. I`ve asked this to several others but I thought it`d be good to get some more opinions.
I am a sophomore in high school, playing since I was in fifth grade, and plan to continue through college. Right now, I plan on being a music performance major (on oboe), and I don`t think that`s going to change. My parents have even said before that they see me doing something in music. Anyway, I`m currently playing on an intermediate yamaha oboe, and have been for a year. For what it`s worth, I used to play on a selmer.
Seeing that I`ll be applying for college in a year, would it be a wise decision to upgrade to a better oboe now, or wait a year or two? The oboe I have right now doesn`t play very well (albeit it isn`t the worst thing in the world), and my dad got it from the all-purpose rent-to-own music store without letting me even try it out. I`ve brought up this fact to him before, but the music store guy told him "this oboe will last her through her college career!" (I think he was just trying to sell the instrument), so my dad doesn`t see why I would ever want a new one.
I hope I don`t sound like a naive spoiled little underclassman who desperately wants a new oboe, because I`m not. I know it would be the best idea to ask my teacher, but I don`t want to ask her about it, if it`s actually a totally bogus idea!
Thanks for any feedback.
