William Simpfendorfer

Elaine Douvas (New York, NY), 2024 to present

• Principal Oboist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
• Chairman of the Woodwind Department, The Juilliard School
• Oboe Instructor, The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music and Bard College Conservatory of Music
• Artist and Faculty Member, Aspen Music Festival
• Additional studies with Scott Hostetler and Linda Strommen

Dr. Dane Philipsen (Interlochen, MI), 2023 to 2024

• Chair of Woodwinds and Instructor of Oboe, Interlochen Arts Academy
• Principal Oboist, Traverse Symphony Orchestra
• Substitute Oboist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Iowa
• Principal Oboist (former), Atlanta Opera

Nancy Avery Brown (Colorado Springs, CO), 2016 to 2023

• Substitute Oboist, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
• Principal Oboist (former), Arlington Symphony

• Master class performances with Elaine Douvas (2023), Emily Pailthorpe (2023), Martin Schuring (2023), Dane Philipsen (2023), Titus Underwood (2022, 2021) and James Austin Smith (2020)
• Master class attendance with Albrecht Mayer (2024), Gordon Hunt (2021), Mary Lynch (2021), Viola Wilmsen (2021), Katherine Needleman (2020), Claire Brazeau (2020), Peter Cooper (2020) and Dwight Parry (2020)

• Oboist and English Hornist, The Juilliard Orchestra, New York, NY (2024 to present)
• Principal Oboist, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Interlochen, MI (2023 to 2024)
• Principal Oboist, Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, Colorado Springs, CO (2020 to 2023)
• Principal Oboist, Colorado All State Orchestra, Fort Collins, CO (2023, 2022)
• Principal Oboist, Colorado All State Band, Greeley, CO (2023)

• The Westside Trio, New York, NY (2024 to present)
• Pocket Winds of Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI (2023 to 2024)
• Founder/Student Director, Colorado Springs High School Woodwind Quintet, Colorado Springs, CO (2022 to 2023)

• Principal Oboist, Brevard Concert Orchestra, High School Orchestral Institute, Brevard, NC (2024)
• Gala Performance Soloist, Manitou Chamber Music Festival, Manitou Springs, CO (2023, 2022)
• Advanced Oboe Intensive, Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI (2023, 2021)

Chee-Hwa Tan (Colorado Springs, CO), 2016 to 2021

• Head of Piano Pedagogy, University of Denver Lamont School of Music
• Instructor, Piano Pedagogy, Southern Methodist University
• Assistant Professor (former), Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Completed Level 7 Piano Repertoire, Royal Conservatory Certification Program