Randall Ellis

Randall Ellis was principal oboist of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra from 1988 until 2016. He is principal oboist of the Little Orchestra Society and solo English horn in the New York Pops Orchestra. He is a member of the Emmy-winning All-Star Orchestra and former member of Windscape Woodwind Quintet. He is principal oboist of the Eastern Festival of Music and was also principal Oboe of the New York Chamber Symphony, where he received two Grammy nominations. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Florida, Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, American Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has been a soloist with the New England Bach Festival, the International Bach Festival of Madeira, the Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, and Chamber Music at the 92nd Street Y. Ellis attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and Stony Brook University where he was student of Ronald Roseman. He teaches Oboe and chamber music at Skidmore college.