Dwight Parry
Guest Musician
Dwight Parry has been the principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 2007 and is on faculty at both CCM and NKU. Previously, he was the principal oboist of the San Diego Symphony and a fellow with the New World Symphony. He has performed as guest principal oboist with groups including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Guangzhou Symphony, the Deutsche Symphonie of Berlin and the Korean Broadcasting Symphony. Originally from coastal Southern California, he found his passion for music early on through piano, voice, and jazz saxophone, but it was not until high school that he began playing the oboe. He went on to study at CIM with John Mack and at USC with Allan Vogel, Joel Timm and David Weiss, a gentleman who also taught him to surf!
Mr. Parry performs and teaches internationally with concertos, recitals, masterclasses, and chamber music. This past season, he performed Strauss' Oboe Concerto, Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto in A minor and J.S. Bach's Oboe D'amore Concerto. He is honored to judge in the 2018 Sony International Oboe Competition, held in Tokyo, Japan. During summer, he in residence at the Interlochen Academy for the Arts and the Stellenbosch Music Festival in South Africa.
When not holding an oboe or a reed knife, he spends his time hiking, running, reading, volunteering, tossing frisbees, and creating curiosities in the kitchen.
Mr. Parry is a Loreé artist. Visit him at www.dwightparry.com