Keve Wilson

Fast Facts

• Oboist, Company on Broadway, American Modern Ensemble, Mostly Modern Festival.
• Winner, Concert Artists Guild and solo oboist with Absolute Ensemble.
• Teaching Artist, Bridge Arts Ensemble, 92Y and Mancini Institute.

New York oboist Keve Wilson is in demand for her ability to play a variety of musical genres in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to stadiums in Dubai. Hailed by the New York Times for her “magnificently sweet tone,” and on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, Keve has recorded for Bruce Springsteen, Joe Zawinul, Miguel Zenon and Paquito D’Rivera, played in the orchestras of 20 Broadway shows including Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are, and can be heard on numerous cast albums. Highlights as a soloist include the New York premiere of Ruth Gipps oboe concerto, the Bach Double Concerto for oboe and violin with Eugene Drucker at the Berkshire Bach Festival, the release of her second album The Catskill Sessions for NAXOS, and a return to Birdland to play the Mitch Miller oboe solos in Charlie Parker with Strings. A winner of Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York, Keve has performed a various music festivals including Newport Jazz Festival, New Zealand Music Festival, Bremen Musikfest, Festival de Saint-Denis, Tanglewood Music Center, and many others. Keve inspires visiting high school band and orchestra students from around the country with her original show From the Band Room to Broadway. She spends her summers teaching at MMF in Saratoga Springs and as solo English hornist with Festival PAAX in Mexico conducted by Alondra de la Parra. A student of Richard Killmer at the Eastman School of Music, Keve lives in her favorite city, NYC, with her husband Kerry and Portuguese water dog Bugsy.