Professor Leah Forsyth currently  serves as Assistant Professor of Oboe at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA.  NSU boasts a fantastic and thriving School of Creative and Performing Arts.  There are great scholarships available to both undergraduate and graduate students in Music Performance, Music Education and Music Business.  Please contact the NSU Oboe studio at forsythl@nsula.edu and please click on the links below to follow us on social media.  We have a lot of FUN!

Double Reed Day 2026… Info coming soon!

NSU Double Reed Day 2026

Date TBA

Oboists and bassoonists of all levels are welcome to join us for a fun afternoon of Masterclasses, reed discussions, shopping, and a guest artist and NSU double reed faculty recital.

All events will be held at the Northwestern State University Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts in Natchitoches, LA. Registration is $25.

Please visit our website to find out more information about your hosts, Professor Leah Forsyth and Dr. Douglas Bakenhus, as well as more about Music at the School of Creative & Performing Arts at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, Louisiana… capa.nsula.edu/music.

Thank you so much to all who tuned in to the a three Reeds virtual recital yesterday. It was so much fun to make music together! Thank you for all your nice comments and feedback! If anyone still wants to watch, the video is public on the Facebook pa
Three Reeds Duo was selected to perform at this year’s International Double Reed Society conference in Iowa City. Unfortunately due to Covid-19, this event was cancelled. BUT... Covid can’t stop the music! We will be joined by pianist Ch
Happy Summer Reeds!!! Continuing the blank tying. I’m on 7... what number reed are you on? Let us know. 100 before August! Whoop! #idrslife #oboelife #100reedchallenge #forkemoboes
How’s your summer going!? Back at the reed desk with a Summer 2020 100-reed challenge! Make reeds... keep a journal... report weekly! #100reedchallenge #idrslife #oboe #oboeingadventures #forkemoboes
The NSU oboe studio has been hard at work...at a distance. Today we had our friend @yogawithtessa (Gysgt Tessa Vinson with the @usmarineband) give a great Virtual Masterclass. Thank you!!! On Monday, @jamileerivers performed her “recital”
Great to see these folks today! Studio class is a bit different now but we got a chance to catch up and make some plans for the rest of the semester! Virtual performing and reedmaking here we come! #forkemoboes #onlinereedmaking #newnormal
Taught some remote music theory this morning... a few kinks to work out, but proud of all the @nsula students who are giving it their best and adjusting to this new “normal.” #onlinelearning #musictheory #newnormal
Long overdue post... Many congrats to the NSU bands for their great performances in the last few weeks. 1. The Wind Symphony Performance at the @cbdna_national Southern Division conference (hosted at NSU!) was spectacular. The crowd LOVED it! Last we
Last night’s NNSO concert was a bright spot on a very rainy evening. Beautiful playing all around! We thought @sprinklereeds had left already when we took this photo.... so the reed he left on the stand took his place in the oboe section photo
Double Reed Day 2020 (our 7th year!) was a huge success! Lots of aspiring young oboists and bassoonists came to learn, play and make reeds. Our guest artist, Gunnery Sgt Tessa Vinson @yogawithtessa gave a fantastic Recital and Masterclass (It was so
Student recitals.

Student recitals.

Oboe friends!

Oboe friends!

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NSU Double Reed Day 2019

We had a great time at DRD 2019. Can’t wait for next year.

High School participants at NSU Double Reed Day 2019.

High School participants at NSU Double Reed Day 2019.

Thai Lunch 2019.

Thai Lunch 2019.

Studio class fun!

Studio class fun!

Post concert smiles!

Post concert smiles!

End of semester Starbucks celebration!

End of semester Starbucks celebration!

End of year cookout 2017.

End of year cookout 2017.