Oboist Will Stevens is currently based in Chicago, performing as a regular member with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He is also currently in the post-residency period of the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Yale School of Music. Recently, Will has performed with prestigious orchestras including the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Elgin Symphony, and Cape Symphony. An avid chamber musician, Will just finished a summer fellowship with the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and has also participated in other festivals including the Viva Bach Peterborough Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and Kent Blossom Music Festival. His doctoral thesis explores an intercultural approach to analyzing and performing the work of Tōru Takemitsu, using Takemitsu’s piece Distance for oboe and shō as the initial case study. Will holds a MMus from Yale studying under Stephen Taylor, and a BMus from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied with Jonathan Davis.