Jane Murray	Coordinator, URI Music Preparatory Program Guest Artist / Teacher in oboe
Academic Credentials	Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance, Boston University Master of Music in Music Education, University of Rhode Island
Teaching Area	Chamber music, woodwind class, student recitals, applied oboe, pedagogy
Profile	Jane Murray,  a veteran of both orchestral and chamber music genres, plays principal oboe and English horn in several New England orchestras. She has performed with such diverse groups as The Moody Blues, Sine Nomine, Roger Daltry and Yanni. She has also played for the Broadway tours of South Pacific, Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Zorba, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, Carousel and the world premiere of Rage of the Heart.   Long a champion of the English horn, Ms. Murray has performed two rarely heard solo works with the R.I. Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and has been invited to perform Copland's Quiet City with several well-known trumpet players, including Rolf Smedvig. She has premiered many new works for English horn and was the first  English hornist to be selected as a finalist in the Alliance Competition for Solo Instrumentalists. Ms. Murray’s special interest is the music of J.S. Bach, which she has performed on oboe, English horn and oboe d'amore at the Bach Aria, Newport, Norfolk and  Aspen Music Festivals and at David Kim's Kingston Chamber Music Festival. She  is oboist and founding director of the Northeast Chamber Ensemble, whose venues include Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, and is Artistic Director of the Northeast Quintet Camp.
Contact Info	Telephone    401 / 874-2798 Email          murrmus@uri.edu