PROGRAM NOTES

Dr. Andrew Parker is currently Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Texas at Austin and faculty at the Round Top Festival Institute.  In addition to his teaching, Andrew maintains a rich performing career as a soloist and chamber musician.  He has performed concerti with numerous ensembles including the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, the Great Falls Symphony, the Puerto Rico Philharmonic, and the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra.  His solo album, The Singing Oboe, was featured as CD of the week for two consecutive weeks on the Boston classical station 99.5 WCRB.  He has also released Handel: The Halle Sonatas, HWV 380-385 and Portraits in Music on the Equilibrium and MSR labels, respectively. Andrew has been principal oboe of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra for fifteen seasons. In addition to his position with that ensemble, Andrew plays English horn at Music in the Mountains and has performed with numerous other orchestras including the National Arts Center Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, and the Richmond Symphony.  He has also performed chamber music with the Olmos Ensemble, the Willy Street Chamber Players and in several international festivals including FEMUSC in Brazil, the Aspen Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Round Top Festival, Music in the Mountains, and Kinhaven Music School.  After receiving his BM degree at the Eastman School of Music and MM degree at Yale University, he received his DMA at the University of Michigan.  Andrew’s primary teachers have been Richard Killmer, Nancy Ambrose King, and Elaine Douvas.