And speaking of woodwind players ....

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announced today it has appointed two new woodwind players to its ranks. Dwight Parry is the new principal oboe, effective Sept. 3, and Jasmine Choi has been named associate principal flute, effective Aug. 27.

Parry succeeds Liang Wang, pictured below, who served for just one year before leaving to become principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic. Parry currently plays principal oboe for the San Diego Symphony and New York Symphonic Ensemble. He was a New World Symphony (Miami, Fla.) fellow under Michael Tilson Thomas from 2003-06, and appeared as soloist with that orchestra as a competition winner.

Choi, pictured, has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony as acting associate principal flute since Sept. She has degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New York. She was named one of America's emerging artists by Symphony magazine in 2006. Her recording of the Mozart Flute Concertos was released in the summer of 2006, on the Sony/BMG label, and she has her own Web site: www.jasminechoi.com.
Photo credit: Jinhwan Lee