Welcome to the Lawrence Conservatory web page for oboe. My name is Howard Niblock and I have taught at Lawrence since 1981.
Click here to hear me play. It is an excerpt from a CD I did with the Lawrence University Concert Choir. More music can be found on Amazon.
I have written on a number of topics; if you're interested, to the right is a selection.
The Studio
- -- Oboe Studio
- Reunion 2004
- -- Articles by Niblock
- Bibliography of Published Writings
- My Philosophy of Practice
- The Performer's Responsibilities
- -- Oboe Studio Information
- Current Oboe Students
- Guest Artists
- -- Photos
- Pictures
- Pictures From China
- -- Oboe Studio Weekends at Bjorklunden:
- 2002
- 2009
Faculty
- Howard Niblock, oboe
Professor of Music
Howard Niblock, oboe, has been a member of the faculty since 1981. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1972, majoring in Philosophy and English Literature; in 1973 he received the Master of Music degree from Michigan State University. His oboe teachers have included Daniel Stolper, Marc Fink, John Mack, Richard Killmer, and Harry Shulman.
Mr. Niblock has performed widely in Europe in cities such as Vienna, Munich, Paris, Rome, and Milan, among others. He has been a featured performer at conferences of the International Double Reed Society in 1979 and 1997, 1998, and 1999. In the United States, his chamber music performances include appearances with the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, the Birch Creek Chamber Music Festival, and numerous guest appearances with the Lawrence Chamber Players. In all, he has performed over twenty different oboe concertos with ensembles in eight states, the District of Columbia, and three foreign countries.
Mr. Niblock has also established his reputation as a teacher; his former pupils have performed as members of many fine orchestras both in the United States and abroad. In 1980, he was guest lecturer at the Vienna Academy of Music. In addition to the oboe, Mr. Niblock has developed his interests in other diverse fields, most especially that of musical aesthetics, a study which unites his musical career with his earlier work in philosophy and literature. His publications include essays, articles, reviews, arrangements, and original compositions, and many have appeared in such journals as The Instrumentalist, The Double Reed, and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, as well as in the New Grove Dictionary of Music in the United States.
Contact by e-mail: howard.niblock@lawrence.edu
