Springfield Chamber Players Oboe Quartet
Don't miss the last concert of the Springfield Chamber Players 2025-2026 Season!! On MAY 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM, MARSHA HARBISON will lead the SCP Oboe Quartet with a program of Mozart and more. Mark your calendars now!
PROGRAM
Trio Sonata in G Minor – Georg Philipp Telemann
I. Mesto
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Vivace
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K.370 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondo, Allegro
Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 – Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Marcia, Allegro
II. Allegretto alla Polacca
III. Marcia, Allegro
The Passage of Orpheus for English Horn and String Trio – Brett L. Wery
Quartet for English Horn and String Trio – Jean Françaix
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante tranquillo
III. Vivo assai
Promenade, “Walking the Dog” – George Gershwin, arr. S. Silverman
Marsha Harbison, violinist, was the Assistant Concertmaster of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra for nearly 50 years, and is a founding member of the Springfield Chamber Players. She co-founded the Longmeadow Chamber Music Society with her late husband, Dr. William Harbison, and performed extensively with them for 40 years. In NYC, she performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Pro Arte Orchestra, the Bach Cantata Series, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In Montreal, she performed in the Montreal Symphony, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Radio, TV, and Ballet Orchestras. Ms. Harbison received a B.A. from Carleton College, Northfield, MN and a Master’s at Juilliard, where she studied with Ivan Galamian. She has taught numerous music courses at Westfield State University, Bay Path University, and violin students at Mount Holyoke, and continues to teach private violin students.
Karen Hosmer is an oboe and English horn player with the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra and principal oboe of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She is a professor at the SUNY Schenectady School of Music, where she was honored with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ms Hosmer has been a concerto soloist in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and in Lithuania, where she recorded Frank McCarty’s Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra. She has received honors in the Gillet International Oboe Competition, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and the Coleman Competition. She has performed with local oratorio groups, Saratoga Opera and Glimmerglass Opera, and maintains a private studio in Schenectady. Ms. Hosmer earned her DMA from Temple University, MM from Michigan State University, and BM from the Oberlin Conservatory.
Dani Rimoni graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music, part of Tel Aviv University in Israel, with an artist diploma in viola performance. Mr. Rimoni is principal violist of Symphony New Hampshire (SNH), a member of the Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Society Orchestra (MA), and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MA). Mr. Rimoni is a founding member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble. Since 2001, he has been the string teacher and string ensemble conductor at the Burncoat Middle and High Schools in Worcester, MA.
Boris Kogan, cellist, was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia. He began studying the cello at age 5, attending the School for Musically Gifted Children. He then received his Bachelor’s degree from the Leningrad College of Music and his Master’s degree from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music. He served as Assistant Principal Cellist with the Leningrad Symphony, and with the television and radio symphony orchestras. Mr. Kogan moved to the United States in 1991, and was the principal cellist with the New England Symphony, the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, and the Central Massachusetts Symphony. He currently plays in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, teaches at the Springfield Community Music School, and has a private cello studio.