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Masters' Festival presents Elaine Douvas, Oboe Concert

Masters' Festival presents Elaine Douvas, Oboe Concert

Elaine Douvas presents a repertoire of oboe alongside Nicholas Stovall, Christopher Gaudi, and collaborative pianist Luiz Ortiz

Program to be announced.

Tickets are $25 and available online in advance and at the door. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the performance starts at 7:30 p.m.

Elaine Douvas is an institution in the oboe world, having served more than thirty years as Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera (1977 - 2024) and Oboe Instructor at The Juilliard School, where she is Chairman of the Woodwind Department. She also teaches at the Mannes College of Music, the Bard College Conservatory, and has given master classes and week-long seminars in the USA, Canada, England, and China. Her students hold positions in numerous orchestras and universities, and her three albums of demonstration and written commentary for Music Minus One are used across the country. One of her career highlights was the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, James Levine conducting. Her CDs comprise a solo recital and Pleasure is the Law by her quartet of the same name for Boston Records, and Oboe Divas on the Oboe Classics label. Douvas trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Interlochen Arts Academy. Ms. Douvas began her career as principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony at the age of 21.

Nicholas Stovall has served as principal oboe of the National Symphony Orchestra since September 2008 and made his solo debut with the Orchestra in December 2014. He is a member of the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and has also performed as guest principal oboe with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and The Florida Orchestra. Stovall has taught and performed at the Round Top Festival-Institute, Aspen Music Festival and School, Indiana University, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He is a faculty member at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University as well as Catholic University of America and teaches in the National Symphony Youth Fellowship Program and Summer Music Institute. After completing studies at the Interlochen Arts Academy, he earned degrees at the Cleveland Institute of Music and The Juilliard School.

Christopher Gaudi has enjoyed an active career performing with some of the most respected orchestras in the United States and abroad. He has held positions including Acting Principal Oboe of the Pheonix Symphony, Acting Associate Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony, Acting Assistant Principal Oboe of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., Principal Oboe of the San Diego Symphony, and Interim Professor of Oboe at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. He holds boht bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied under Elaine Douvas and John Mack, and received full-tuition scholarships for both degrees.

Luis Ortiz is a graduate from the Juilliard School in Collaborative Piano and from Eastman School of Music in Piano Performance and English Literature. Now working at Juilliard as a Staff Pianist, happily playing sonatas and duos with all different kinds of instruments, specializing in cello, clarinet, oboe, violin, horn, and others.

Hidden Valley Music Seminars
$25
07:30 PM - 11:59 PM on Tue, 10 Jun 2025

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831-659-3115
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Hidden Valley Music Seminars
104 West Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, California 93923
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info@hiddenvalleymusic.org