Oboe studies form an integral part of The European Academy of Arts music program. Many students begin their musical journey learning how to play oboe, one of the most versatile musical instruments.

Lessons are conducted individually. Teaching faculty is chosen to best suit the needs and abilities of a new student.

All oboe lessons also involve music theory, and other related activities such as sightreading and ear training. Additional courses are offered to help strengthen a student’s grasp of those subjects.

All individual oboe lessons are taught in clean and modern classrooms with acoustic pianos that are regularly tuned and maintained - something many competitors are unable to provide. Our faculty is highly professional and dedicated to sharing as much of their knowledge as possible with their students.

Our Faculty

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Dr. Mark Runkles, oboe, saxophone

Appointed in 2015 as an Instructor of Oboe and Saxophone with Opus Community Music School (Opus), Principal Oboe with the Freedom Philharmonic, and Faculty Clinician with the Academy of St. Cecilia Youth Orchestra (ASCYO) in Damascus, Mark Runkles completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Oboe Performance at UNLV. In 2013, Dr. Runkles published the culmination of his doctoral research, a critical edition of Gustave Vogt’s 4ème Solo de Concert, with TrevCo Music Publishing. Dr. Runkles became the Artistic Director at Opus in 2018. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Oboe Performance and Master of Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Iowa and his Bachelor of Arts in Oboe Performance from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Dr. Runkles has been a featured oboe and saxophone soloist with the Clazzical Project, Carroll Concert Band, Carroll County Jazz Band, Carroll Singers, Freedom Philharmonic, ASCYO, and Liberty High School Symphonic and Jazz Bands. He formed the Twin Arch Duo, which plays a mixture of standards and his own contemporary jazz compositions, with guitarist Charlie Trapp in 2013. In 2008, Dr. Runkles performed a series of Jazz Vespers services in Scotland. He served as the Assistant Principal Oboe with the Chesapeake Orchestra from 1999–2004 and performed on 2nd Oboe with the Las Vegas Philharmonic from the winter of 2009 through 2012. Dr. Runkles is an oboe student of Stephen Caplan, Mark Weiger, and Vladimir Lande and a saxophone student of John Rapson and Don Stapleson. Follow Dr. Runkles on his blog, Dr. Mark’s Music Notes (https://drmarksmusicnotes.wordpress.com), and his YouTube channel.

Lydia Consilvio, Oboe

Oboist Lydia Rose Consilvio’s fearless composure has been described as, "making the impossible seem easy." An avid chamber musician, she has appeared on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center with her ensembles, the Fischoff Competition, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Lydia holds degrees from the Yale (MM) and Eastman (BM) Schools of Music and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland.

Lydia played on the Naxos recording of Hannah Lash’s Requiem. She performed the Albinoni double-oboe concerto alongside Roger Cole of the Vancouver Symphony at the Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy in British Columbia. Lydia has also played with the Annapolis (MD) Symphony and Rochester (NY) Chamber Orchestras.

Lydia’s positive attitude and creative outlook make her an unconventional musician and an easygoing collaborator in both large and small ensembles, and across musical genres. Her instructing style is equally spirited, open-minded, and accessible.