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About Prof. Klein
Ryan Klein, oboe and English horn, is from Verbank, New York. Ryan is the principal oboist of the Opera Idaho Orchestra, second oboe and solo English horn with the McCall Mountain Symphony, oboist and co-founder of the Boise-based Tree City Chamber Players, and professor of oboe at Boise State University. His past orchestral positions have included principal oboe of the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater Orchestra, Great Falls Symphony, Lake George Chamber Orchestra, McCall SummerFest Orchestra, and the Corvallis-OSU Symphony, as well as solo English horn with the Boise Philharmonic and Corvallis-OSU Symphony. Prior to moving to the Western United States, Ryan was associate principal oboe of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Opera Theater Orchestra, and Ballet Hawaii Orchestra. Ryan regularly performs with several ensembles in Idaho and throughout the Northwest and California, including the Stockton Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, the Sun Valley Music Festival, the Boise Philharmonic, and more. He operates his oboe and English horn private teaching studio out of his home in Boise.
Ryan has given solo and chamber music recitals across Idaho, California, New York, New England and Hawaii. His concerto soloist appearances have included works by J.S. Bach, Harold Farberman, Haydn, and R. Strauss. For the Cathedral of St. Andrew’s Noontime Concert Series (Honolulu) and The Lutheran Church of Honolulu’s music program, Ryan was soloist on oboe, oboe d’amore, and English horn for many of the sacred and secular works of J.S. Bach. He was also a member of Nat Osborn and the Free Radicals, a rock band that toured the Northeast US from 2006-2009.
Ryan’s off-season summers are spent fishing and hiking with his dog Jason, playing ice hockey, and traveling. He is a USA Hockey-certified Level 3 referee and linesman. Ryan holds degrees from Skidmore College, the Mannes School of Music, and a diploma from the Bard Conservatory of Music. His many teachers have included Elaine Douvas, Richard Dallessio, Nicholas Stovall, Alexandra Knoll, Arthur Sato, Gene Marie Green, Cheryl Bishkoff, and Bert Lucarelli.