WMPI Artists will join National Symphony Orchestra musicians, Jamie Roberts (oboe) and Bob Rearden (French horn), for an interactive workshop designed to elevate practice and performance strategies.
Robert Rearden joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2016. He served as principal horn of the Florida Orchestra from 2010 to 2016 and was a member of the New World Symphony from 2006 to 2010. He has performed regularly as a guest musician with the Cleveland Orchestra since 2004, including multiple recordings and tours of Europe, Asia, and the U.S., and was a long-term substitute with the orchestra in the 2014-2015 season. Rearden has performed as guest principal horn with the New York Philharmonic, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Rearden has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, All-Star Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and with the Mainly Mozart, Britt, Artosphere, Steamboat Springs, Spoleto USA, and Eastern music festival orchestras. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina as a student of Robert Pruzin and earned a Master of Music degree and artist diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Eli Epstein and Richard Solis. He also studied with Julie Landsman and with David Wakefield. He was a fellowship recipient at Tanglewood and the Aspen Music Festival. While with the Florida Orchestra, Rearden performed the Nocturno by Franz Strauss in a transcription for horn and orchestra by Teddy Abrams with Abrams conducting, and the Horn Concerto No. 2 by Richard Strauss with conductor Stuart Malina. He was a featured artist at the 2017 Southeast Horn Workshop. Rearden teaches horn at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jamie Roberts, a native of Chicago, joined the National Symphony Orchestra as assistant principal oboe in September 2011. Roberts holds a M.M. in Oboe Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, a B.M. from Indiana University, and a Professional Studies Certificate from the Colburn Conservatory. She has studied with John Ferrillo, Anne-Marie Gabriele, Linda Strommen, and Allan Vogel. Roberts was Principal Oboe of the Portland Opera Orchestra from 2007 to 2011 and has also performed with the Oregon Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and LA Chamber Orchestra. She was principal oboe of the 2006 New York String Orchestra seminar at Carnegie Hall. Jamie Roberts has spent her summers at festivals, including the Music Academy of the West and the Aspen Music Festival, and as faculty at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, NSO Summer Music Institute, and the Miami Music Festival. Roberts is also one of the founding members of the Hubbard Quartet and LeDroit Chamber Players, a community chamber music organization based in Washington, D.C.