This concert is presented as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Ohio State School of Music. Miriam Burns, conductor.
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture; Raúl Delgado Navarro, guest conductor
David Mullikin: Oboe Concerto for Strings, Harp and Percussion; alumnus Eric Ohlsson (MM 1976, DMA 1980), soloist
Mussorgsky/arr. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
This event is free and open to the public. No ticket required.
All events are subject to change.
Eric Ohlsson enjoys a significant musical career that is varied and far reaching in its scope. He is dedicated to both performing and teaching on a national and international scale. He is the Charles O. DeLaney Professor of Oboe in the College of Music at Florida State University, and during the summer season he serves on the Artist Faculty of the Brevard Music Center where he is principal oboe of the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. Additionally, Ohlsson performs regularly as principal oboist of the Tallahassee Symphony and the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra.
He was formerly principal oboe of the Naples Philharmonic, the Columbus Symphony (co-principal), the Augusta Symphony, and the South Carolina Philharmonic. Additionally, he has played in the same capacity as a guest performer with groups such as the Charlotte Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Jacksonville Symphony.
He has many engagements to his credit as a soloist with orchestra in the US, Europe, and South America, and has given solo and chamber recitals at venues such as Weill Recital Hall in New York City, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, with the City Music Chamber Orchestra in Cleveland, at the Casa Rui Barbosa in Rio, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, and at the Grand Castle of Vianden in Luxembourg, to name a few. He was a recitalist at conferences of the International Double Reed Society on ten separate occasions. As a soloist with orchestra he has performed works of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Donizetti, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Francaix, Zwilich, Higdon, and Mullikin.
As a pedagogue, Ohlsson has taught hundreds of oboists at Florida State University, the Brevard Music Center, the Vianden International Music Festival, the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Governor’s School of the Arts, Denison University, and Otterbein College. Many of these students now hold important positions as university professors, symphonic performers, and music educators across the country.
His degrees are from The Ohio State University (DMA and MM) and James Madison University. His teachers include John Mack, William Baker, James Caldwell, Ben Wright and Travis Cox.
Getting Here
Two garage options:
Arps Garage (open to visitors M–F after 4 p.m. and on weekends) — located just north of the Timashev Music building.
- A good choice for events in the Timashev Recital Hall, just inside the north end of the building.
Ohio Union South Garage (open to visitors 24/7) — located just south of the Timashev Music building, next to the Ohio Union.
- A good choice for events in Weigel Auditorium, just inside the south end of the building, across from the Oval.
- The only choice for visitors M–F, before 4 p.m.
Weigel Auditorium is on the second floor, via a staircase in the south lobby.
- The elevator to Weigel Auditorium is in the back hallway, located behind the Music Commons.