Oboist Rebecca Schalk Nagel has a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. In 2001, Ms. Nagel was the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowship. She has performed at conferences of the International Double Reed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Austin, Texas, Greensboro, North Carolina, and Tempe, Arizona. Ms. Nagel has been a solo recitalist on the Noonday Concert series at St. Paul's Chapel in New York City and has performed with the Bethlehem Bach Choir, the New York City Opera National Company, the New Philharmonia of Riverside, and the Chamber Orchestra of New England.

Currently principal oboist of the South Carolina Philharmonic, Ms. Nagel has performed as a soloist with the Philharmonic in Mozart’s Concerto in C for Oboe, Krommer's Concerto in F and J.S. Bach’s Concerto in A for Oboe D’Amore. Her performance of the Mozart concerto was praised for it’s “cleanly articulated phrasing, special sense of lyric ease in the slow movement, and beguiling tone color throughout” by The State (Columbia, SC). Her latest CD featuring solo and chamber music of Allan Blank, Libby Larsen, Hendrik Andriessen and John Valerio will be released on the Centaur label. Ms. Nagel performs frequently with the Greenville and Charleston Symphonies, and is Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina.

Ms. Nagel was a fellowship student at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, the New College Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, and the Yale Chamber Music Festival. A native of Chicago, Ms. Nagel received a B.M. degree from Lawrence University, M.M. degree from Yale University, and a D.M.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where she studied with Ronald Roseman. Ms. Nagel has performed in master classes with Robert Bloom, Ray Still, Richard Killmer, and Richard Woodhams.

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