Lydia Consilvio, Oboe/English Horn [email protected] / www.oboestudio.com
EDUCATION
University of Maryland Doctor of Musical Arts – Oboe Performance, class of 2020 Principal Teacher: Mark Hill (Principal Oboe, National Philharmonic)
Yale University Master of Music – Oboe Performance, class of 2017 Principal Teacher: Stephen Taylor (Principal Oboe, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
Eastman School of Music Bachelor of Music – Oboe Performance, class of 2015 Principal Teacher: Richard Killmer (Retired: Principal Oboe, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
ORCHESTRAL AND WIND ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra English horn (2019) Blanche Moyse Memorial Orchestra Oboe (2019) National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic All Positions (Summer 2018) Vermont Mozart Festival Principal Oboe (Summer 2018) Atlantic Music Festival Orchestral Fellow (Summer 2017) Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy Principal Oboe (Summer 2016) New Haven Chamber Orchestra Principal Oboe (2016) Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Principal Oboe (2016) Yale Philharmonia All Positions (2015-2017) Rochester Chamber Orchestra Guest Oboist (Winter 2014) Eastman Wind Ensemble All Positions (2013-2015)
SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCES
University of Maryland DMA Dissertation Recital – My own arrangements of three Bach Keyboard Partitas for Double Reed Quartet, featuring UMD faculty members Mark Hill on oboe and Joseph Grimmer on bassoon (November 2019) University of Maryland Double Reed Day Faculty Recital – Premiere of my arrangement of Bach’s third keyboard partita, featuring UMD faculty members Mark Hill on oboe and Joseph Grimmer on bassoon (September 2019) Millennium Stage, The Kennedy Center Voices of Change Spoken Word Showcase – Classically Dope (2019) Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Collaboration Gounod’s “Petite Symphonie” at University of Maryland (2019) University of Maryland DMA Lecture Recital – “Rethinking Virtuosity from Past to Present” (2018) University of Maryland DMA Degree Recital – Solo recital of three concerti with pianist Huichuan Chen (2017) Rotary Club of Auburn St. Patrick’s Day Music and Wine Fundraiser – soloist featuring oboe d’amore (2017) Millennium Stage, The Kennedy Center The Conservatory Project – Wavelength Winds (2017), Videnia Quintet (2016) Fischoff Competition Semifinalist with Videnia Quintet (2016) Sprague Hall, Yale University Master of Music Degree Recital (November 2016) Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Resident Artist (July 2016) Avaloch Farm Music Institute Resident Artist (June 2016) Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy Gala Grand Opening Concert – Albinoni Double Oboe Concerto alongside Vancouver Symphony’s Roger Cole (June 2016)
SIGNIFICANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Oklahoma Visiting Lecturer of Oboe at the School of Music (2021-Present) Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Assistant Oboe Coach for ensembles (2020-2021)
RADIO AND NAXOS APPEARANCES
BBC Radio 3 – “Between the Ears” Program called “Telling the Bees” ft. my recording of Pasculli’s “Le Api” (2021) 91.5FM/WBJC – Maryland’s Classical Music Station “Grief Never Leaves” by Elliott Grabill (2021) Performance Today – YourClassical “Salome’s Dance” (principal oboe); JoAnn Falletta, conductor (2019) DCPL Radio (District of Columbia Public Library) Interview as oboist of woodwind quintet Wavelength Winds (2019) Naxos Records Album: “Statements” (Series: American Classics) – English horn soloist on music by Hannah Lash (2018) National Public Radio Interview as intern for Cordancia Chamber Orchestra (2015)
AWARDS AND HONORS
University of Maryland Fellowship Woodwind Quintet (2017-2019) Yale University Philip Francis Nelson Prize for outstanding musicianship and entrepreneurial spirit (May 2017) Yale University Marshal for the Master of Music candidates at Commencement (May 2017) Eastman School of Music Rogers Scholar (2011-2015)