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Spencer Rubin is in his third year at The Juilliard School studying Oboe Performance with Elaine Douvas as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. Spencer won First Prize in the International Double Reed Society Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition in 2024, he was the winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, and he was the overall divisional winner of The American Prize. As a soloist, he has performed the Strauss Oboe Concerto and the Martinů Oboe Concerto with orchestras. Spencer has held the Principal Oboe positions in numerous acclaimed orchestras including the 2023 New York String Orchestra Seminar under the baton of Jaime Laredo and has appeared as a guest artist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In 2020, he was a National YoungArts Foundation Finalist and was featured on NPR’s “From the Top” nationally syndicated radio program. Spencer has spent summers attending the Aspen Music Festival as a fellow and was an inaugural fellow at the Hidden Valley Festival of Winds. Spencer makes classical music accessible through social media which has led to him working with the NY Philharmonic Public Relations team, interviews with WQXR (Artist Check In with Elliot Forrest), WGBN-Chicago TV, The New York Post, and an appearance on the Speaking Soundly podcast.

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