Mary Lynch & Harrison Linsey
Biography Mary Lynch & Harrison Linsey
Mary Lynch
Hailed as “the star of the evening” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and praised for her “sweet oboe sound” by The Washington Post, Mary Lynch has been Principal Oboist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra since 2014. She began her career as Second Oboist with The Cleveland Orchestra and has recently performed as Guest Principal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Since the start of her tenure in Seattle, she has performed frequently as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, including a collaboration with Itzhak Perlman in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060. Committed to expanding the repertoire for her instrument, in the past year she made world premiere recordings of three concertos: the Oboe Concerto of Marc-André Dalbavie (Seattle Symphony Media) and the Oboe and Oboe d’amore Concerti of Christopher Nickel (Release date TBD).
An avid chamber musician, Ms. Lynch has spent several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, has toured with Musicians from Marlboro, and performs regularly with the Newport Music Festival (RI) and the Seattle and Philadelphia Chamber Music Societies. One of her great musical joys is performing Bach cantatas every December with the Gamut Bach Ensemble in Philadelphia. Additional summer festival appearances include the Oregon Bach Festival, Weimar Bach Academy, and the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. Her chamber music performances have been enthusiastically reviewed and broadcast on radio stations around the US, including on American Public Media’s Performance Today. She can also be heard on the Grammy Award-winning Seattle Symphony label performing Dutilleux's Les Citations for oboe, harpsichord, bass, and percussion.
Ms. Lynch earned her BM and MM degrees at New England Conservatory and The Juilliard School respectively, studying with John Ferrillo, Elaine Douvas, and Nathan Hughes. Upon graduating from Juilliard, she was awarded the prestigious William Schuman Prize for outstanding achievement and leadership in music. She is also a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied with Daniel Stolper. Now a devoted teacher herself, Ms. Lynch serves on the University of Washington faculty and has presented masterclasses at The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory, University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the University of British Columbia, among many others.
Harrison Linsey
Twenty-one-year-old oboist Harrison Linsey joins the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2015 as second oboist. He has performed on oboe and English horn in the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and as guest principal with the Sarasota Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Linsey recently completed his Bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Elaine Douvas and receiving additional instruction from Nathan Hughes, Linda Strommen, Richard Dallessio and Pedro Diaz. He has contributed his expertise on both oboe and English horn in the Juilliard orchestras, opera and the school's contemporary ensemble AXIOM. Mr. Linsey has participated in the Marrowstone (Washington) Festival, studying with Rebecca Henderson, and three summers at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he has been the Oboe Fellow for two years, studying with Richard Woodhams, Ariana Ghez, Frank Rosenwein and Robert Atherholt.
Born and raised in Seattle, Harrison Linsey was principal oboe of the Seattle Youth Symphony for three years and served as principal oboist of the New York Youth Symphony for his first year in New York. In his spare time, Linsey is an avid portrait photographer, specializing in headshots for musicians.
