Mark Ostoich
Oboe

Mark Ostoich, associate professor of oboe at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music since 1996, also serves as artist-faculty of the Music Festival and Opera Theatre of Lucca where he conducts ensembles, coordinates the chamber music program, and performs as solo oboist. He also serves as artist-faculty of the Grandin Festival, a chamber music festival featuring music with voice.

Ostoich performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and the Dayton Philharmonic. During the 2001-2 season, Ostoich served as co-principal oboist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing with conductors, Andre Previn and Mariss Jansons. In 1992, Ostoich performed in the New York Philharmonic during the orchestra's summer season with music director, Kurt Masur, including a tour to South America.

From 1986-1996, Dr. Ostoich was professor of oboe at Louisiana State University, principal oboist of the Baton Rouge Symphony, and was a member of the Timm Wind Quintet based at LSU. In 1994, Ostoich was appointed principal oboist of the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he performed for 3 seasons prior to moving to Cincinnati.

From 1974-1986, Ostoich was associate professor of music at the University of Florida, and a member of the Florida Woodwind Quintet and Florida Baroque Ensemble. He was a founding member of the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, conductor of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra, and for nine seasons principal oboist of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. For 14 seasons, Ostoich served as artist-teacher of oboe at the Sewanee Summer Music Center in Tennessee.

Ostoich studied oboe with several distinguished teachers, including DeVere and Bruill Moore of the Chicago Symphony.

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