Erin O.

I was born in Detroit, MI, raised in Dallas, Texas, attended school in Chicago, IL and currently live in Kansas City, MO. My parents both play the clarinet, my mother plays the oboe, and both of my brothers play various instruments as well. I started piano when I was seven years old and oboe when I was eleven. My mother was my first oboe teacher, and in high school I studied with Rachel Messing and then Rogene Russell from the Fort Worth Symphony while attending Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX. Currently, I study with Deborah Stevenson at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. After I graduate in May, 2021, I plan on soon after pursuing a Masters degree in musicology and oboe performance, and perhaps even a doctorate I have been a featured soloist with the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra three times. Recently, I have been recognized as the Winner of the Winds, Brass, and Percussion category of the 2019 Wheaton College Concerto Competition, receiving the Schultheis Award and Scholarship. I have also received accolades at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music such as the Beth Falkenberg Fogg Instrumental Award and Scholarship for Musical Achievement and the President's Honor in Music scholarship.