ABOUT
Tiger Reeds

The Reedmaker

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Zach Millwood's passions in life revolve around music — performing, teaching, making professional-level oboe and bassoon reeds, and repairing bassoons and oboes. He explored his mechanical side through his early roots in model cars, computers, farm work, and shop tools, and he gradually began staying up until 3:00am making lots of reeds.  Luckily, he ran into some of the world’s best teachers along the way.

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After earning his Cum Laude degree in music performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music on a full-tuition scholarship, Mr. Millwood subsequently relocated to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas where he began full-time private instruction of the bassoon, oboe, and flute, teaching 40+ students weekly, and honing his reedmaking.

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Following his time in D/FW, Mr. Millwood relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee. In addition to holding permanent playing chairs with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Mountains, and the Johnson City Symphony, he has served as the Lecturer of Bassoon at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and instructed dozens of future educators in the Woodwind Methods double reeds courses at both UTK and Maryville College.

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In D/FW, Texas and Knoxville, Tennessee, Mr. Millwood worked with hundreds of private bassoon and oboe students in middle school, high school, and college environments. His students earned top chairs at regional contests, obtained college scholarships on their instruments, and surpassed their wildest musical goals. They continue to represent the finest musical qualities on these two challenging instruments.

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​He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona, where he operates Tiger Reeds, ,performs with a variety of ensembles, and repairs/refurbishes double reed instruments.