Jay Light is an
oboist
An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette.
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and author. He is a native of
Philadelphia
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. His teachers were
John de Lancie
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,
Charles M. Morris, and
Norman Wells, jr., all of the
Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a 1963 graduate of the
Curtis Institute of Music. He was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Lyric and Grand Opera Companies (1962–64) and L'orchestre Symphonique de Quebec (1964–66). He served in the U.S. Army as a military journalist and Armed Forces TV news anchor from 1966-69. He taught at the Interlochen Arts Academy (1969–71) and earned an MM degree from Michigan State University in 1972. Beginning in 1974, Light was principal oboist for the
Des Moines Symphony
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. He was a member of the
Drake University
Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States.
His ...
faculty from 1972-2002. He has performed at the Berkshire (Tanglewood) Festival, the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and the Aspen Festival. Light retired in 2002 and lives in Fort Myers Beach, FL.
Author
* The Oboe Reed Book, copyright 1983.
* Essays for Oboists, copyright 1994.
External links
Retirement Announcement
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Drake University faculty
American classical oboists
Male oboists
Musicians from Philadelphia
Place of birth missing (living people)
Classical musicians from Pennsylvania
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