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William WoodworthOboe
BFA 211, 931-372-3719
wwoodworth@tntech.edu

William Woodworth, Professor of Oboe, holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Eastern Washington University. His major teacher at the Eastman School was internationally acclaimed pedagogue and performer Robert Sprenkle. Previous to his tenure at Tennessee Tech University, Mr. Woodworth taught instrumental music for ten years at Fairport (NY) Central Schools and taught and performed oboe at the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Mr. Woodworth came to Tennessee Tech in 1988. He is the oboist and manager of the Cumberland Quintet, which has released three compact discs and several nationally aired radio and TV shows for PBS since 1988. Mr. Woodworth is the principal oboist in the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, teaches theory and aural techniques, and coaches several woodwind quintets. He is an active teacher, recitalist, adjudicator and clinician. Woodworth frequently performs and records with the Nashville String Machine.