- Richard Woodhams
Richard Woodhams (born
Jun 17 ,1949 inPalo Alto, California ) is an Americanoboist and recording artist. He is best known for his current positions as PrincipalOboe of thePhiladelphia Orchestra and Professor of Oboe at theCurtis Institute of Music .At the age of sixteen, Woodhams was accepted by the Curtis Institute and began study with John de Lancie. Immediately following his graduation in 1969, he won the position of Principal Oboe with the
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra . He assumed the position of principal oboe of thePhiladelphia Orchestra in 1977, succeeding his teacher. He succeeded de Lancie as oboe instructor at the Curtis Institute in 1986. He is faculty member at theAspen Music Festival and has taught at the Luzerne and Sarasota Music Festivals, among others. Currently, he gives weekly private lessons to the four oboe students at Curtis, and holds weekly wind classes.Woodhams' teachers include
John de Lancie , John Mack,Robert Bloom , and Jean-Louis LeRoux.Woodhams' students hold principal positions in many major orchestras, such as the
Pittsburgh Symphony (Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida),Baltimore Symphony (Katherine Needleman ),Los Angeles Philharmonic (Ariana Ghez), Atlanta Symphony (Elizabeth Koch), andNew York Philharmonic (Liang Wang ).References
* Bio at the Philadelphia Orchestra's website [http://www.philorch.org/styles/poa02e/www/bios.php?page=woodhamsrichard]
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