Roger Roe has served as English Horn and Assistant Principal Oboe of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1995, following previous positions with the Honolulu and Charleston (SC) symphonies. He spent 24 years as Associate Professor of Oboe at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where his students have gone on to successful careers in music and beyond.
Roger has appeared as a soloist on oboe, oboe d’amore, and English horn, and has also served as narrator and creative director for children’s concerts. He has performed chamber music internationally, including in Israel and Bulgaria, and is a longtime performer at the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia. A champion of new music, he has premiered and commissioned numerous works, and is deeply interested in theatricality, improvisation, and the intersection of music and spirituality. His collaborative projects span work with clergy, dancers, actors, and poets in both liturgical and scholarly settings.