Introduction

Jack Cozen Harel joined the xxxxŹÓʵ faculty in August 2011. Active as a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Harel is currently the oboist of the world-renowned Solaris Quintet and has been an exclusive Yamaha Performing Artist since 2008. Mr. Harel holds the Guinness World Record for "Fastest Oboe Playing.ā€ This record was set by performing all 409 notes of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee in a time of 26.1 seconds ().

Education

  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  • Northwestern University
  • AD, the Colburn School, where he was the first oboist ever accepted into the prestigious conservatory program
  • Teachers include John de Lancie, James Moore, William Bennett, Grover Schiltz, Allan Vogel

Teaching Experience

  • xxxxŹÓʵ
  • University of Akron
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Long Beach College
  • Northwestern University