Music for the Advancing Oboist is a collection of etudes with the added enjoyment and benefit of performance with piano. Each movement focuses on one or two important technical elements that a young student must master. The piano accompaniment fosters development of good intonation and makes the pieces usable for performance.

The etudes seek to develop expressive inflections, staccato playing, fluid execution of faster passages, well connected tones in larger slurs, and other fundamental techniques. Several etudes feature longer held tones to encourage vibrato development.

"Space Intervals" presents the challenge of playing large descending intervals, a problem that can require considerable instruction and, no less importantly, an oboe properly regulated. For some students, the music's atonality and 'otherworldly' sounds are particularly engaging, perhaps lessening the tediousness of learning and practicing downward slur techniques. The piece is to be played using piano and sound file for the soundtrack, vibraphone, and theremin parts.