Jared Hauser, Oboe

Fast Facts

• Oboe Faculty, Vanderbilt University

• Performs with Nashville Symphony, Houston Symphony & Atlanta Symphony among many others

• Member of the Blair Woodwind Quintet

Oboist Jared Hauser has been described as “melodious and spontaneous” by ArtsNash, and as a “sensitive, elegant soloist” with a “subtle refined style” by Gramophone Magazine. Appointed to the faculty of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in 2008, Hauser performs with the Blair Woodwind Quintet and maintains an international stature as performer and pedagogue, with recent engagements across North, South and Central America, and Europe. As a recording artist he has more than a dozen solo recordings to his credit. He also performs as principal oboe with the Nashville Opera, Music City Baroque, and Nashville based new music ensemble, Intersection.

Passionate about music of all time periods, Jared is equally at home performing works of the 17th cenutry on period-authentic instruments, to music of the 21st century for the modern oboe. He actively engages with composers in the creation of new works. Notable premiers include works by Augusta Read Thomas, Libby Larson, Nailah Nombeko, Lowell LIebermann, George Lewis, John Harbison, Peter Schickele, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, among others.

In an attempt to push the boundaries of the oboe’s traditional catalog, Jared’s recent repertoire has included works involving interactive electronic media and improvised oboe, and performance in genres outside of the classical realm such as jazz, and popular music of the world.

Jared’s orchestral credits include performing with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, Nashville, the Orchestra Camerata Ducale (Turin, Italy), the Orlando Philharmonic, the Palm Beach Opera, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, among others.

Hauser holds degrees from Michigan State University, Rice University, Oberlin College and the University of Michigan.