Sarah Skuster
Sarah Skuster is the newly appointed principal oboist of the San Diego Symphony. She has also held the positions of interim second oboe in the Dallas Symphony, (2006-2008), and second oboe in the Akron Symphony, (2004-2006).
Ms. Skuster has performed as guest principal oboist with the Indianapolis Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony, and as a substitute with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She spent the past year working toward a master of music degree at the Mannes College of Music as a student of Elaine Douvas. Ms. Skuster earned a bachelor of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of John Mack and is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy where she studied with Dan Stolper.
Ms. Skuster has been awarded fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center (2005, 2006) and attended the Aspen Music Festival (2003, 2004). In the summer of 2006, she received the Ralph Gomberg Award, bestowed upon the exceptional Tanglewood oboe fellow each summer. As a soloist, Ms. Skuster has performed the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, and Concerto for Oboe and Violin with the Cleveland Bach Consort.