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A seasoned professional oboist, I'm an orchestra and chamber musician and have performed in NYC across the U.S. and around the world.
After winning competitive auditions, I previously served as Associate Principal Oboe of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony's Civic Orchestra, and have performed in two Broadway tours of Wicked, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, and the Peoria Bach Festival. I play regularly with the Bronx Opera. I'm a founding member of Harmony 3, a new reed trio bringing a contemporary perspective to the classic ensemble of oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. |
As an educator, I served on the music faculty of the University of Notre Dame and as a volunteer for Ecole de Musique Sainte Trinité in Cange, Haiti. I earned a Master of Music from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music from Baldwin-Wallace University.
In my many collaborations I'm passionate about lifting the voices of women and other essential, but less-recognized artistic, both throughout history and in the music of our own time.
In my many collaborations I'm passionate about lifting the voices of women and other essential, but less-recognized artistic, both throughout history and in the music of our own time.
Recent Performances
Global Perspectives for Oboe, Mezzo-soprano, and Piano
Featuring world premiere by Olena Ilnytska
Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 12:00pm
NYC's Interchurch Center Lunchtime Concert Series
61 Claremont Ave (at Riverside and 120th St)
With Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano, and Lana Norris, piano
Featuring world premiere by Olena Ilnytska
Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 12:00pm
NYC's Interchurch Center Lunchtime Concert Series
61 Claremont Ave (at Riverside and 120th St)
With Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano, and Lana Norris, piano
Program:
Julio Nakpil (1867-1960): ¡Amor Patrio!: Romanza, Ob. 14a,
Olena Ilnytska (b. 1977): Four Shakespearean Sonnets (18, 15, 19, 5) - World premiere
This free noontime program featured a world premiere by Ukrainian composer Olena Ilnytska, commissioned by and written for this group. The reflective piece draws inspiration from four Shakespearean sonnets. The music of Filipino composer Julio Nakpil is inspired by the Philippine Revolution and is important to the country's heritage.
Julio Nakpil (1867-1960): ¡Amor Patrio!: Romanza, Ob. 14a,
Olena Ilnytska (b. 1977): Four Shakespearean Sonnets (18, 15, 19, 5) - World premiere
This free noontime program featured a world premiere by Ukrainian composer Olena Ilnytska, commissioned by and written for this group. The reflective piece draws inspiration from four Shakespearean sonnets. The music of Filipino composer Julio Nakpil is inspired by the Philippine Revolution and is important to the country's heritage.
Harmony 3 Trio featuring jazz singer Yaala Ballin
Sunday, May 14, 2023, 7:00pm
Room 31 at Arlo NoMad (31st Street b/w Madison and 5th)
With Ella Avni-Levi, clarinet, and Melissa Kritzer, bassoon
Sunday, May 14, 2023, 7:00pm
Room 31 at Arlo NoMad (31st Street b/w Madison and 5th)
With Ella Avni-Levi, clarinet, and Melissa Kritzer, bassoon
Top off a perfect Mother’s Day by treating the ladies in your life to this show celebrating women, mothers, and all who create and nurture. Harmony 3 reed trio will blend their beautiful woodwind sound with Yaala Ballin, one of NYC’s most talented and versatile vocalists, in a bouquet of love songs, lullabies, jazz standards, opera goodies, and other delights. Also not-to-be-missed: my debut on woodblock.
With soprano Kayleigh Butcher of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Ten Blake Songs at Third Street Music School.
An "at-home" musical offering in June 2020 for the community at CaringKind, the heart of dementia caregiving in New York City.
Music for Oboe by Women Composers, a recital with pianist Lana Norris at The Interchurch Center in New York City.
J.S. Bach: Ich Habe Genug, BWV 82 with Stephen Lancaster, baritone. Conducted by J.J. Wright.
Orchestral
Barber's Violin Concerto, Second Movement, with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Second Movement, with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Third Movement, with South Bend Symphony Orchestra
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