Mark Hill, oboe (College Park, MD), has performed with the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He was a member of the New York Chamber Symphony and is currently principal oboe of the National Philharmonic. His extensive chamber music experience includes collaborations and appearances with artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Guarneri String Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet, Bach Aria Group, and Mendelssohn String Quartet, as well as with Claude Frank, Paula Robison, and the Aspen Wind Quintet. He has recorded for nine major labels and was English horn soloist on the Grammy Award-nominated Angel recording of Copland’s Quiet City and Music for the Theater with Gerard Schwarz and the New York Chamber Symphony. Mark has taught at Ithaca College, the Mannes College of Music, Columbia University, and SUNY-Purchase, and is currently on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Music. Previous Yellow Barn musician (since 1998)