Praised for his “virtuosic,” “dazzling,” and “brilliant” performances (New York Times) and his “bold, keen sound” (New Yorker), oboist James Austin Smith appears regularly at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at leading national and international chamber music festivals. He is Co-principal Oboist of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, an Artist of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Artistic and Executive Director of Tertulia Chamber Music, and Artistic Advisor to Coast Live Music. Smith is a professor of oboe and chamber music at Stony Brook University, and a regular guest at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Smith holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music and bachelor’s degrees in political science and music from Northwestern University. He spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Conservatory in Leipzig, Germany, and is an alum of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect.