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Saturday, December 7 • 3-5 pm • The Brooklyn Museum
Led by Music Director Dorothy Savitch, the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra returns to the Brooklyn Museum for a winter concert anchored by Tchaikovsky’s towering Symphony No. 5 in E Minor. The afternoon’s program will also include a performance of Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll” and Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in A Minor RV461, featuring the oboist Alison Mari.
Tickets include admission to the Brooklyn Museum, and all ages are welcome. If you are a member of the Brooklyn Museum or the BCCO, please enter your discount code at checkout below.
About Soloist Alison Mari
Alison Mari is a woodwind specialist, with particular focus on oboe and English horn. She is an active and passionate freelance musician who has worked with a wide range of ensembles. The Astoria Symphony Orchestra, IconiQ the Soundtrack Orchestra, Regina Opera, the Joffrey Ballet and the Gloria McLean Dance Company are some of the organizations Alison has had the pleasure to work with, and her longest tenure was with the BCCO (Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra) proudly holding the principal oboe chair from 2013-2024. On the road, Alison played in Sarah McLaughlin’s 2012 touring orchestra, and in the 2013 national tour of “My Fair Lady.” Locally, through Plaza Theatricals, she has played a number of musicals including “South Pacific,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Guys & Dolls.”
Beginning her formal training at the Creative and Performing Arts High School of Philadelphia (shout out to Mr. Rogers!), Alison has held strongly to the belief that music education is not only an important creative outlet, but also a community builder. She feels lucky to have found a home as a faculty member of the Brooklyn Conservatory’s Music Partners Program where she shares her passion for music, teaching woodwind-focused group classes in a number of NYC Public Schools. Independently, she also maintains a private oboe studio and has coached many students through school admissions auditions and ensemble auditioning. She holds a Master’s in Oboe Performance from NYU and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from The College of New Jersey.
