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Chelsea Knox flute Chelsea Knox, assistant principal flutist of the BSO, has held positions as principal flutist of the New Haven Symphony, the Princeton Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of New York. She has appeared with numerous orchestras including the Vancouver and San Diego symphonies, and the IRIS and Juilliard orchestras. As a soloist, Ms. Knox has performed with the Hartford and Manchester symphonies, Juilliard Lab Orchestra and Connecticut Youth Symphony. A native of Litchfield, CT, Ms. Knox received her early training at the Hartt School of Music and earned her bachelor’ s and master’ s degrees from the Juilliard School.
Marcia Kämper flute Marcia Kämper became a permanent member of the BSO after performing during the 2005 – 2006 season. She has performed several concertos with the BSO and is the co-artistic director of Chamber Music by Candlelight. Ms. Kämper began her orchestral career in 2002 as second flute and piccolo with the Omaha Symphony, where she also was the soloist in Bernstein’ s Halil. Ms. Kämper, who earned two degrees from Peabody Conservatory, is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the non-profit arts group ANALOG. She recently performed as flutist and sound projectionist in the U. S. premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’ s Klang at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Emily Skala flute Emily Skala, principal flutist of the BSO since 1988, has held three principal positions, been guest principal in orchestras on three continents and performed at music festivals from Aspen to Brazil. She has taught masterclasses at the National Orchestral Institute, Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory and George Mason University; in Suanbo, South Korea; and for the National Flute Association’ s annual conventions. She has been a faculty member of the Peabody Institute since 1989. During her time with the BSO, Ms. Skala released a solo CD of Brahms and Schubert with summit Records to much acclaim and performed on numerous BSO recordings under the direction of David Zinman and Marin Alsop on the Decca, Telarc, Sony and Naxos labels.
Melissa Hooper oboe Melissa Hooper was named assistant principal oboe of the BSO in 2014. She previously performed as a guest musician with the Metropolitan Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Hawaii and San Antonio. Ms. Hooper received a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she was a student of Elaine Douvas. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, serving as a teaching assistant for Rebecca Henderson. Ms. Hooper is a visiting faculty member at the Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Michael Lisicky oboe Oboist Michael Lisicky is in his 14 th season with the BSO. A New Jersey native, he is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. His teachers include Alfred Genoese, Peter Bowman, John deLancie and Marion Norcross. He is a former member of the Richmond and Savannah symphonies. Mr. Lisicky has served as the official BSO historian and is the author of several books including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: A Century of Sound.
Jane Marvine oboe Jane Marvine was appointed to the position of solo English horn in 2000 after having joined the BSO in 1978 as second oboe. She has performed as acting assistant principal oboe with the BSO and plays principal oboe with the
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Orchestra. She earned a Bachelor of Music and a master’ s degree in composition from Northwestern University, performing on several occasions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including a tour to Carnegie Hall. She has also performed with the Chicago Festival Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She is currently a member of the oboe faculty at the Peabody Institute.
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