James Gorton
Adjunct Professor of OboeMary Pappert School of Music
Woodwinds
School of Music 319
Phone: 412.396.6080
gortonj@duq.edu
Education:
B.M., Oboe Performance, Eastman School of Music, 1969
Co-principal, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Former, member, Rochester Philharmonic, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic; principal, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre orchestras, New Hampshire Music Festival; member, Mid-America Woodwind Quintet; soloist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, New Hampshire Music Festival, Johnstown Symphony, Carnegie Civic Symphony, Main Line Symphony. Founder, New Pittsburgh Quintet. Master classes, Spoleto Festival, U.S.A., University of Akron, Taiwan, Aspen Music Festival.