Orin O'Brien

Orin O'Brien
Orin O'Brien with David J. Grossman

Orin O'Brien (born 1935) is an American double bassist. She has been a member of the New York Philharmonic since joining in 1966 under the direction of Leonard Bernstein and was the first woman to join the orchestra in its history. She currently teaches at the Juilliard School, where she was co-chair of the double bass department from 1992 to 2002, Manhattan School of Music, and Mannes College The New School for Music. Orin O'Brien is also currently on the Preparatory Division faculty at the Manhattan School.

She was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to actors George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill and began her studies with Milton Kestenbaum, former principal bass of the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner and member of the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini, and with Herman Reinshagen, assistant-principal bass of the New York Philharmonic under Gustav Mahler and Arturo Toscanini at the University of California, Los Angeles. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School in New York City with Frederick Zimmermann, assistant principal double bass of the New York Philharmonic for many of his 36 years there.

Before joining the New York Philharmonic, O'Brien performed with the New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, Saidenberg Little Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski where she played the double bass solo as principal bass in the American premiere of Alberto Ginastera's Variaciones Concertantes in 1962. She performed at the Marlboro Music Festival in the 1960s where she made recordings with Pablo Casals and gave the premiere of Gunther Schuller's Quartet for Double Basses which was later recorded with Robert Gladstone, Frederick Zimmermann, and Alvin Brehm. She has previously taught at YMHA, the Estherwood Summer Musical Festival, and the Institute de Haute Etudes Musicales in Montreux, Switzerland. Orin O'Brien has given masterclasses at the Peabody Institute, the Tanglewood Festival, New England Conservatory, and Yale University.

O'Brien is the sister of the award-winning true crime author Darcy O'Brien, who died in 1998.

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