JOHN FERRILLO

John Ferrillo joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Principal Oboe at the start of the 2001 Tanglewood season. From 1986 to 2001 he was Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Prior to his appointment at the Metropolitan Opera, he was Second Oboist of the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate of the Curtis Institute, he studied with John de Lancie. John Ferrillo served on the faculty of the Juilliard School from 1987 until 2002; he joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory in 2002, and teaches at the Tanglewood Festival and the National Orchestral Institute. He has been a guest soloist with numerous groups in the Northeast, including the Boston Classical Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic. He performed the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the BSO and James Levine in the 2004–5 season. In collaboration with the late Martha Rearick and Theodore Presser Publications he has prepared a book of oboe excerpts with piano accompaniment and advice for audition preparation.