Tamara Winston
Tamara Winston
Adjunct Lecturer, Oboe
- Website: tamarawinstonoboe.com
Paraguayan American oboist Tamara Winston is a highly sought after chamber and orchestral musician. As a recent alum of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, Tamara performs regularly in the greater New York City area and abroad. Tamara enjoys a busy orchestral career and performs with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York City Ballet, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Montclair Orchestra. She is a founding member of the NYC based woodwind quintet, ConnectFive.
As a teaching artist, Tamara is passionate about sharing music with a wide range of audiences and promoting inclusivity in arts education. She recently joined the faculty of MusicAlly, an organization that serves children in need of art and connection, by providing video music lessons with the nation’s best music teachers, and creating an online community of peers. As part of her Ensemble Connect fellowship, Tamara created and performed numerous interactive performances for communities throughout New York and abroad. She is on the oboe faculty at the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College.
Tamara holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Mannes School of Music. She has studied with Nathan Hughes and Elaine Douvas. Other primary teachers include Richard Dallessio, Jelena Dirks, and Linda Strommen.
Outside of music, Ms. Winston enjoys hot yoga, cooking lavish meals using only her crock pot, and taking her rescue dog, Charlie, on fun adventures.
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