Mary Gatchell Administration
Bachelor of Music Degree. New York University, Theory and Composition
As an accomplished oboist, pianist, composer, conductor, and singer, Mary has a diverse musical background. At New York University she studied with acclaimed oboist, Gerard Reuter, Grammy award winner jazz pianist/composer, Jim McNeely, composer Justin Dello Joio, and voice teachers, Anne Phillips and Karen Lykes. As an oboist, she has played at Carnegie Hall several times and freelances with many orchestras and chamber ensembles in and around New York City. As a singer, she has performed at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, The Lamb's Theatre, Symphony Space, The Blue Note, Birdland, and Knitting Factory, to name a few. She has conducted and premiered her own compositions in the United States and Italy, having written many works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, big band, and choir. She is currently the choir director at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. Mary has traveled to Ethiopia with the Worldwide Orphans Foundation to work with HIV infected and impoverished children developing a sustainable music curriculum for them.
Mary has worked with legendary artists such as Vladimir Feltsman, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Tito Puente, Al Grey, and Paquito D'Rivera. She has several albums out at www.marygatchell.com.
As an accomplished oboist, pianist, composer, conductor, and singer, Mary has a diverse musical background. At New York University she studied with acclaimed oboist, Gerard Reuter, Grammy award winner jazz pianist/composer, Jim McNeely, composer Justin Dello Joio, and voice teachers, Anne Phillips and Karen Lykes. As an oboist, she has played at Carnegie Hall several times and freelances with many orchestras and chamber ensembles in and around New York City. As a singer, she has performed at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, The Lamb's Theatre, Symphony Space, The Blue Note, Birdland, and Knitting Factory, to name a few. She has conducted and premiered her own compositions in the United States and Italy, having written many works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, big band, and choir. She is currently the choir director at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. Mary has traveled to Ethiopia with the Worldwide Orphans Foundation to work with HIV infected and impoverished children developing a sustainable music curriculum for them.
Mary has worked with legendary artists such as Vladimir Feltsman, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Tito Puente, Al Grey, and Paquito D'Rivera. She has several albums out at www.marygatchell.com.