35th Anniversary Celebration of OBOHIO

35th Anniversary Celebration of OBOHIO

2025 marks the 35-year anniversary of the founding of the OBOHIO double reed consort founded by Robert Sorton in 1990. The original members included Robert Sorton (oboe), P. Bailey Sorton (oboe d’amore), Sarah Hamilton (English horn) and Christopher Weait (bassoon). Three members of the newly-formed ensemble, Hilary Hobbs, Samantha Zelnik and Michael Rueda, hold degrees from The Ohio State University where they studied under Robert Sorton, and they owe much of their musical development and musicianship to him and his wife P. Bailey Sorton. Jesse Schartz also holds a connection to Ohio State through his current role as the bassoon professor. We would like to honor the Sortons, the other original members of OBOHIO and our connection to Ohio with this recital. Christopher Weait (the original bassoonist of OBOHIO) and Mark Biggam played vital roles in composing and arranging music for OBOHIO, so we would like to honor their contributions to the group by performing a piece by each of them.

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