Laura Doser, oboe

Laura Doser is a second-year graduate student at the University of California at Davis pursuing a PhD in Musicology and Criticism. Her interests include female patronage of the arts in the 20th Century and opera among others.  She had previously been employed in arts management with symphony orchestras and other non-profit organizations including the Colorado Springs Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Elisabeth Galley and Associates and the Lawton Symphony Orchestra.

Laura has a Bachelor of Music in Performance (oboe) and Master of Arts from the University of Wyoming (UW) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She received a UW Arts & Sciences Summer Independent Study Award to study of the instruments of the Maori of New Zealand and published a booklet on Maori flutes for the World Flute Project. She also presented original research "Jennifer Hidgon: Composer of the 21st Century" at the College Music Society, Rocky Mountain Chapter Conference. The paper is based on a personal interview with Higdon.

She became reaquainted with her oboe after several years of hiding it in a closet and eventually soloed with the UW Wind Ensemble in 2006. After taking a few months off, she is once again trying to reinvent her sound and reeds!

 e-mail: lauradoser@yahoo.com