Humbert J. Lucarelli, Faculty Emeritus
Humbert Lucarelli, "America's leading oboe recitalist" (The New York Times), has appeared extensively as soloist with internationally known orchestras and chamber music groups throughout the United States, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has performed and recorded with some of the world’s leading conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Fiedler, Kiril Kondrshin, Josef Krips, James Levine, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Artur Rodzinsky, Sir Georg Solti, Leopold Stokowski and Igor Stravinsky. He records for Koch International, Vox, BMG Classics, Well-Tempered, Stradivari and Special Music. Among the many recordings to his credit is the Oboe Concerto written for him by John Corigliano. He is the recipient of a Solo Recitalist Fellowship, Consortium Commissioning and Music Recording Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a professor of oboe at The Hartt School.
Dr. Charles Huang
Charles Huang, DMA, has performed throughout North and South America, Germany, and Asia as soloist and chamber musician. A founding member of Oboe Duo Agosto and the Sylvanus Ensemble, he is active in commissioning new works and advancing a wide variety of repertoire for their concerts. Huang has been a Fulbright Scholar with studies in Stuttgart, Germany; a semi-finalist in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition; a scholarship recipient to the Music Academy of the West and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and a winner of the Miami String Quartet Competition. He is currently serving on the faculty of The Hartt School Community Division for oboe and chamber music and has been a guest teacher and performer at various colleges and festivals, including The Hartt School, the University of Michigan, the University of Cincinnati (CCM), SUNY Purchase, Chiayi University in Taiwan, conferences for the College Music Society, the International Double Reed Society, the Lucarelli Oboe Master Class, and the Festival Eleazar de Carvalho in Fortaleza, Brazil. Huang's principal teachers include Nancy Ambrose King, DMA; Humbert Lucarelli; Ray Still; and Ingo Goritzki.
Dr. Kristin Leitterman
Dr. Kristin Leitterman is a solo artist of oboe and voice who defies convention by bringing exciting and unusual programs to audiences. She has commissioned and performed works for oboe and voice by Michael-Thomas Foumai, Jason Coleman, Whitney George, and Lyle Davidson, appearing in major venues including Carnegie Hall and Jordan Hall, as well as in Spain, Brazil, and Canada. She was awarded the American Prize in Instrumental Performance in 2024.
Currently Associate Professor of Oboe and Assistant Chair in the Department of Music at Arkansas State University, Dr. Leitterman teaches oboe, bassoon, and double reed techniques, coaches chamber ensembles, and coordinates the woodwind area. She also directs the long-running Lucarelli Oboe Master Class, now in its 30th year, a weeklong immersive workshop founded by her mentor Humbert Lucarelli. A sought-after guest artist, she has presented master classes at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the Hartt School, and in 2024 was a featured performer and faculty member at the Festival Internacional Música de Campina Grande (FIMUS) in Brazil.
Her publications include Relax and Take a Deep Breath: The Lucarelli Approach to Oboe Playing and Gustave Vogt’s Musical Album of Autographs (both Carl Fischer). A leading scholar on Mary Chandler, her editions of Chandler’s works appear with Clifton Edition. Dr. Leitterman currently serves as President of the IDRS Midsouth Regional Chapter and is a Lorée Artist.
Currently Associate Professor of Oboe and Assistant Chair in the Department of Music at Arkansas State University, Dr. Leitterman teaches oboe, bassoon, and double reed techniques, coaches chamber ensembles, and coordinates the woodwind area. She also directs the long-running Lucarelli Oboe Master Class, now in its 30th year, a weeklong immersive workshop founded by her mentor Humbert Lucarelli. A sought-after guest artist, she has presented master classes at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and the Hartt School, and in 2024 was a featured performer and faculty member at the Festival Internacional Música de Campina Grande (FIMUS) in Brazil.
Her publications include Relax and Take a Deep Breath: The Lucarelli Approach to Oboe Playing and Gustave Vogt’s Musical Album of Autographs (both Carl Fischer). A leading scholar on Mary Chandler, her editions of Chandler’s works appear with Clifton Edition. Dr. Leitterman currently serves as President of the IDRS Midsouth Regional Chapter and is a Lorée Artist.