oboist

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Recent Examples of oboist Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb. Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The pianist may introduce a new chord color.
    Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Hailing from an illustrious Cuban family deeply engaged with classical music, pianist López-Gavilán has distinguished himself across a verdant musical landscape.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
  • Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
    Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The season’s artistic partners include Nagy, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, violist Tabea Zimmermann and violinist Alina Ibragimova, who returns for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in her first performances since being named an artistic partner in 2026.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • The quartet also features violinist Sindri Lederer, violist Andrea Berger and pianist Antonia Koster.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
  • The singular jazz ensemble The Curhachestra is led by a trombonist, backed by lap steel guitar, electric bass and drums.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
    Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • That’s because longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust played it first.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

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“Oboist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oboist. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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