S. Blake Duncan (Oboe) has enjoyed a varied career as an oboist, English Horn player, organist, choir director, a performer of early music and teacher in Illinois for the past 30 years. Currently retired, Mr. Duncan served as an affiliate faculty member in the Music Department at Bradley University for 17 years, teaching oboe, music appreciation, music technology and directing the Collegium Musicum before his retirement. Additionally, he served on the faculty at Lutheran Summer Music as oboe instructor, chair of the woodwind department for 15 years. He has performed with the Illinois, Peoria and Cedar Rapids IA Symphony Orchestras, and was a founding member of the Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra, with whom he continues to perform. He is also an ordained ELCA Lutheran Pastor.