Keith W. Sorrels teaches oboe, music industry, and music appreciation at Middle Tennessee State University. He is a regular guest musician with the Nashville Symphony and Chattanooga Symphony and is a sought-after freelancer throughout the mid-South. A native of Indiana, he earned Doctor of Music, Master of Music, and Performer Diploma degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana State University. He lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with his violinist wife, Robin, and their children, Lewis and Florence. Find Keith at keithoboe.com and on Instagram @keithoboe.
Ari Cohen Mann is a frequent recitalist, new music proponent, orchestral musician, and teacher based in Toronto. Ari was recently named on CBC’s 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30. Ari is a Howarth Artist and plays on a Howarth LXV-VT oboe. Ari has performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company. Ari is a faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University, where they teach oboe and coach chamber music.
Rachel Becker is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Oboe at Boise State University. She remains active internationally as a soloist and in ensembles, and her book on opera fantasias is published by Routledge. Rachel is a Howarth Artist, and performs on a Howarth XM oboe and Howarth s5 English horn.
