William McMullen, professor of oboe at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, is principal oboe with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and oboist in the Moran Woodwind Quintet. McMullen has appeared as soloist with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra in performances of the Strauss, Mozart and Vaughan-Williams concertos. He is a frequent recitalist throughout the United States with pianist, Catherine Herbener, and has performed at IDRS conventions in Utah, Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, the Netherlands, Australia and Banff, Canada. As a member of the Moran Woodwind Quintet he has toured extensively throughout the Midwest and in 1992 the quintet was nominated for NPR’s Lucian Wulsin Award for Best Regional Performance, Small Ensemble. The quintet has recorded four CD’s on Crystal Records; a collection of contemporary quintet music titled “Postcards From the Center” and three CD’s of the complete quintet repertoire of German composer Theodor Blumer. His most recent CD, “Duos for Flute and Oboe” with flutist Claudia Anderson, was published in 2005 by Centaur Records, and contains duets by Jacob, Migot, Ginastera, Bozza, Muczynski, Musgrave and Serebrier. His CD “Twentieth-Century British Music for Oboe and Piano” with pianist Catherine Herbener was released in 2002 by Crystal Records and includes works by Bennett, Howells, Jacob, Berkeley and Rubbra. McMullen is on the faculty of Rocky Ridge Music Center, a summer music festival in Estes Park, Colorado. He received his D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from The Juilliard School.
