He is an oboist who graduated from the Curtis institute of Music as a student of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Principal Oboe Richard Woodhams.
In 1991 he became a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra where he holds the position of Associate Principal Oboe. As a chamber musician he has performed many times in The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series. For the 2007 series he took the position of Acting Principal Oboe with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
A participant in music festivals year he performed as Principal Oboe with the Colorado Festival Orchestra in 1991 and has performed as a featured artist with The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Absolutely Mozart Festival from 2002 to 2004.
As a soloist he has performed many times with The Philadelphia Orchestra as well as other orchestras that include the Bucks County Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Colorado Symphony and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra along with several others.
In the field of musical education he is a faculty member of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance and plays as a member of the Conwell Wind Quintet.
Sources:
- https://www.philorch.org/your-philorch/meet-your-orchestra/musicians/peter-smith/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Smith_(oboist)
- https://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5017286
- https://hyperleap.com/topic/Peter_Smith_(oboist)
- https://boyer.temple.edu/about/faculty-staff/peter-smith-437