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Levine alumna and Grammy Award-winning oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz returns to the Levine stage.
About Toyin Spellman-Diaz
Oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz grew up surrounded by her parents’ enormous record collection in Washington, DC. It was there she absorbed the many layers of classical music’s beauty and the inspiring and uniting potential of the world’s diverse cultural landscape.
Toyin earned her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and her master’s and professional studies degrees from Manhattan School of Music. Her orchestral career includes performances with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “smooth, controlled tone and excellent technique,” she has performed concertos with the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Manhattan Virtuosi, and the Kennedy Center Youth Orchestra.
An original member of Imani Winds, Toyin has built her career as a champion of contemporary chamber music. Along with her Imani Winds colleagues, she is devoted to discovering new and diverse musical voices and cultures to increase and enhance the woodwind quintet repertoire. She has also collaborated with some of today’s most influential chamber music ensembles, including Alarm Will Sound, the Antara Ensemble, and Camerata Pacifica. Ms. Spellman-Diaz teaches at Brooklyn College and NYU Steinhardt, and currently serves on the board of directors of the American Composers Orchestra and on faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Levine Music gratefully acknowledges The Loeffler Family as well as the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Program
Pranayam | Reena Esmail
Of Good and Evil | Jeffrey Scott
Chandani | Javier Diaz
Two Rhapsodies | Charles Martin Loeffler
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Andrew Griffin, viola
Ellen Hwangbo, piano