Dr. Lydia Consilvio

DR. LYDIA CONSILVIO is an oboist, arranger, and music educator. She recorded Hannah Lash’s Requiem on the Yale Choral Artists and Philharmonia Orchestra album Statements, and Leshnoff’s Violin Concerto No. 2 on Music by Jonathan Leshnoff with Oklahoma City Philharmonic, both produced by Naxos Records. Notably, part of her recording of Pasculli’s “Le Api” appeared on the “Telling the Bees” episode of the popular BBC Radio 3 broadcast series, Between the Ears. Dr. Consilvio's debut album, iridescent J.S. Bach Keyboard Partitas arranged for Double Reeds, features self-arranged quartets for two oboes, English horn, and bassoon that were published by Songburd Music.

Dr. Consilvio served as Visiting Lecturer of Music (Oboe) at the University of Oklahoma (2021–⁠2022) and taught masterclasses at Western Carolina University, the University of Northern Colorado, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City University, Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara Guatemala, and the University of Texas Arlington’s Double Reed Day as the Oboe Guest Artist. She has played with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and headlined performances of Yo-Yo Ma and Esperanza Spalding in an outreach concert as oboist of hip-hop and classical music fusion band Classically Dope.

Dr. Consilvio holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in oboe performance from the University of Maryland, where she was a member of the Fellowship Wind Quintet. She received her Master of Music degree from Yale University and graduated as a Rogers Scholar with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, earning an Arts Leadership Certificate. Lydia is also an alumni of the Joy of Music Youth Orchestra (JYO) under Maestro Timothy Terranella. We are thrilled to welcome her back to JOMP as a faculty member in the summer of 2025! 

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