Elaine Douvas, (b. 1952, Detroit, MI) has been Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977, James Levine, Music Director. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School. Prior to joining the Met, she was Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony under Robert Shaw. Her primary studies were with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Don Th.
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Elaine Douvas, (b. 1952, Detroit, MI) has been Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977, James Levine, Music Director. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School. Prior to joining the Met, she was Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony under Robert Shaw. Her primary studies were with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Don Th. Jaeger, Jay Light, and Robert Morgan. She also serves on the faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music in New York City, the Aspen Music Festival and School, Le Domaine Forget Academie (Quebec), and the Hidden Valley Music Seminars (Carmel, CA). Her solo recordings are issued by Boston Records, Oboe Classics, and Music Minus One.
