This session will equip ensemble directors and music teachers with the wisdom needed to demystify the oboe and provide their young players with a healthy foundation. Topics addressed include reeds, instruments, embouchure, tone production, vibrato, and more. Filled with suggestions and quick tips rooted in real-life classroom experience, this high-energy demonstration is a perfect resource for new educators or a great refresher course for seasoned teachers and players of all backgrounds.
ToniMarie Marchioni
- Biographical Information
Oboist ToniMarie Marchioni has performed in Europe, South America, Asia, and throughout the US as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. For the 2017-18 season, she was the Acting Second Oboe for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. She has also been a featured artist at the Moab Music Festival (Utah), in Carnegie Hall’s collected stories festival curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, for the Stefan Wolpe Society, and at New York's leading contemporary music venue Spectrum. A member of IRIS Orchestra and Decoda, and an alumni of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, she has also appeared as a guest musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Nashville Symphony, American Ballet Theater, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony. Currently the Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Kentucky, she holds degrees from Harvard University and The Juilliard School.