Mary Watt, oboe
Mary Watt received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Ronald Roseman. Other major teachers were Richard Killmer and John Mack. She was an assistant professor of oboe at Virginia Tech University before returning to New York where she performed with orchestras, chamber music groups and on Broadway. She was a member of the Quintet of the Americas for several years, which included tours in South America and the U.S. and a residency at Northwestern University. Moving to New England in 1990, she taught at Phillips Exeter Academy, performed with the Vermont Symphony, Portland Symphony, Concord Chorale, New Hampshire Symphony, Emmanuel Church in Boston, and other musical groups in the area. Mary has also been Principal Oboe of the Bethlehem Bach Choir for over 30 years, performing with them at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall and recording solo arias on the Dorian and Analekta labels. Other recordings of solo arias were made with the soprano Julianne Baird and the tenor David Gordon. She has given masterclasses at the Eastman School of Music, University of New Hampshire, University of Colorado Boulder, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mary teaches oboe and chamber music in the summers at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont, and founded their chamber music workshop for adults.