Our Mission

Double Reed Dish is a podcast for oboists and bassoonists of all ages and abilities. Through this platform we promote community building, inclusivity, and intersectional diversity in an environment that is fun and relatable. We celebrate the uniqueness of the double reed world by creating content and opportunities that are free and widely accessible.

Strategic Objective 1: Build Community with our listeners in a way that is inclusive and intersectional: 

• Action Item: Cultivate diversity among our invited guests 

• Action Item: Intentionally elevate underrepresented voices in the double reed community 

• Action Item: Create opportunities to collaborate with our listeners as colleagues 

Strategic Objective 2: Create an environment that is fun and relatable 

• Action Item: Halloween Reed Decorating contest 

• Action Item: Dish content incorporates humor and joy

• Action Item: Create opportunities to interact with our listeners on social media 

Strategic Objective 3: Create content and opportunities that are free and widely accessible: 

• Action Item: Secure sponsors to cover costs associated with producing the podcast

• Action Item: Make the podcast available on all known platforms, including YouTube

• Action Item: No Double Reed Dish content behind a paywall