Noah Kay began playing the oboe at age fifteen. In 2017, he joined
the Colorado Springs Philharmonic as Principal Oboe. He has performed
and toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Germany, the Czech
Republic, Poland, and Washington, D.C., where they recorded an
album of Mendelssohn’s piano concerti with soloist Jan Lisiecki on
Deutsche Grammophon. In 2020, he joined the group in a premiere of a
new arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons by Jessie Montgomery
and Jannina Norpoth at Carnegie Hall, as well as Sarasota, Florida and
Easton, Pennsylvania.
Noah has also performed with the Orchestra of
St. Luke’s, Colorado Symphony, Princeton Symphony, ProMusica Chamber
Orchestra of Columbus, and Symphoria. He has appeared at the Manchester
Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival,
Cape May Music Festival, and National Repertory Orchestra. Noah received
his Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music under
Richard Killmer, and his Master of Music degree from the Yale School of
Music under Stephen Taylor. This summer is Noah’s first appearance at
the SLLMF.
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