Elizabeth Priestly Siffert,
Principal
Elizabeth Priestly Siffert is a graduate of Eastman School of Music where she studied with Richard Killmer and had the distinction of being the first and one of the only students in the school's history to ever receive two Performer's Certificates as an undergraduate.
Ms. Priestly Siffert has made frequent solo performances throughout her career with orchestras including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra and Orchestra of Saint Luke's. At the age of 22. Her Eurpean solo debut came
two years later with Orquestra Classica da Madeira. She was sponsored by F. Lorée, Paris as a headlining soloist at the International Double Reed Society annual conference in New York City performing Foss Concerto for Oboe on the conference’s final gala performance. She also made several solo performances as part of the Goppisberger Musikfestival performing as a soloist in their Switzerland tour. Through the years Ms. Priestly Siffert has also success in solo competitions including winning the Eastman Concerto Competition and prize winner in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition. She was second prize winner in the world's most prominent oboe competition, the Fernand Gillet Hugo Fox Competition sponsored by the International Double Reed Society, and has been the highest ranged American in this competition since 2007.
Her performances have brought her all over the world on radio and television with performances on America's top classical radio program, Performance Today and a televised solo performance on Portugal's Porto Canal.
She has performed in the most prominent festivals in the United States including Lincoln Center Festival (with HGO) and the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Ms. Priestly Siffert is an active orchestral musician as well. Her former positions include second oboe with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra (2001‐2003), co‐principal oboe with Orquestra Sinfonica de Mineria (2003), and principal oboe with Orquestra Classica da Madeira (2003‐2007). She is currently principal oboist of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras, a position she has held since 2008. She has had many additional performances with orchestras throughout the world such as the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra dos Sonhos and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Priestly Siffert has been inspired by many wonderful teachers. In addition to Richard Killmer she has studied with Bob Atherholt, Robin Hough and Denise Zoch.
Elizabeth Priestly Siffert plays exclusively on Lorée oboes and is currently playing on a Lorée Royal 125 Amethyst.
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