Stardust (aka Will Doherty)

304 Winfield Street
San Francisco, California 94110
U.S.A.

Telephone: +1 415 826-3532
Cell/Text: +1 415 425-3936

Email: music@willdoherty.org
Web: http://www.willdoherty.org/resume/musicresume.html

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• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band in the 33rd Annual Pride Concert at Everett Middle School, San Francisco, California, on June 24, 2011: played oboe on Yankee Doodle by Morton Gould, Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli, and America the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward, arranged by Jack Bullock (conducted by Jadine Louie)
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band in the We Are Family Day Concert at Edoff Memorial Bandstand, at Lake Merritt, Oakland, California, on June 12, 2011: first oboist for The Children's Marching Song by Malcom Arnold, arranged by John Warrington, Selections from Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, arranged by Philip J. Lang, Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away by Percy Grainger, edited by R. Mark Rogers, Music from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino, arranged by Jay Bocook, Children's March: On Songs the Youngsters Sing by Edwin Franko Goldman, Highlights from Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, arranged by John Moss, Joy Revisited by Frank Ticheli, American Salute by Morton Gould, Video Games Live - Part I by Marty O'Donnell, Christopher Tin, and Yoko Shimamura, arranged by Ralph Ford, Three Blind Mice (At the Night Club Floor Show) by Carl Frangkiser, and Circusdom March by Fred Jewell (conducted by Jadine Louie)
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Pride Month Concert at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on June 4, 2011: oboist for Bolero by Maurice Ravel and Final Dance from Three Dances from the Three Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• San Francisco State Wind Ensemble, at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, on May 9, 2011: oboist for The Free Lance March by John Philip Sousa, arranged by R.F. Goldman, Polka From The Golden Age by Dmitri Shostakovich, transcribed by Philip J. Lang, Three Dances From Henry VIII by Edward German, arranged by L.P. Laurendeau, Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights by John Williams, arranged by Paul Lavender, Huldigungsmarsch by Richard Wagner, edited by William A. Schaefer (conducted by Tristan Arnold).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Pride Month Concert at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on March 26, 2011: oboist for La Clemenza di Tito Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band in the That's All Folk Concert at Ebenezer HerChurch Lutheran, San Francisco, California, on March 18, 2011: played oboe on 'Tis a Gift by Anne McGinty, Songs of the Basque by Gregory B. Rudgers, Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes by Norman Dello Joio, Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli, The Drunken Sailor arranged by Grant Hull, Dances for Sem Yeto by Gary P. Gilroy, Symphonic Dances From Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, arranged by Ira Hearshen, Mannin Vein: A Manx Tone Poem by Haydn Wood, and Kirkpatrick Fanfare by Andrew Boysen, Jr. (conducted by Jadine Louie)
• San Francisco State Wind Ensemble, at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, on March 14, 2011: oboist for Golden Light by David Maslanka, Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Aldridge Grainger, Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar, Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Petrovic Moussorgsky, transcribed by Erik W.G. Leidzén, and Walden by Frank Erickson (conducted by Tristan Arnold).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band previews the Dance-Along Nutcracker: At Sea! at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, on December 5, 2010: first oboist for The Samba Overture from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel, Danse des Mirlitons from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, The Dance of the Klezmer Clarinets from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel, Danse de la Fée Dragée from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid by Alan Menken arranged by John Moss, Danse Russe Trépak from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, The Chinese Hoedown from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel, Marche from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, The Arabian Tango from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel, Danse Arabe from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, The Pack-Trail Trepak from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel, Danse Chinoise from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, The Waltz of the Mariachi Flowers from The Nutty Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky arranged by Mike Hannickel (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• San Francisco State Wind Ensemble, at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, on December 3, 2010: oboist for Overture for Band by Felix Mendelssohn, Pines Of The Appian Way by Ottorino Rispeghi (first oboe), Stephen Foster Melodies by Stephen Foster arranged by Luis Guzman (first oboe), and First Suite in E Flat for Military Band by Gustav Holst (conducted by Tristan Arnold).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs concert at First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, California, on November 20, 2010: associate first oboist for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• San Francisco State Wind Ensemble, at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, on October 23, 2010: oboist for Nobles of the Mystic Shrine by John Philip Sousa, Prelude in the Dorian Mode by Antonio de Cabezón, To Be Fed By Ravens by W. Francis McBeth, Folk Suite Overture by Morton Gould, Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod (conducted by Tristan Arnold).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band in Freedom Dreams at Ebenezer HerChurch Lutheran, San Francisco, California, on September 24, 2010: oboist for Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, arranged by Warren Barker, Dry Your Tears, Afrika (from Amistad) by John Williams, poem by Barnard Dadie, A Movement for Rosa by Mark Camphouse, Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland (first oboe), Freedom Dreams by Jennifer Higdon, Trail of Tears by James Barnes, Morning Star by David Maslanka, and March of the Women Marines by Louis Saverino (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• Classical Revolution at SoCha Cafe, San Francisco, California, on August 18, 2010: oboist for Oboe Quartet, K.370 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Pride Month Concert at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on June 19, 2010: oboist for Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, Janitzio by Silvestre Revueltas, Rodeo by Aaron Copland (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band in the 32nd Annual Pride Concert at Mission High School, San Francisco, California, on June 24 and 25, 2010: oboist for Tahiti Trot by Vincent Youmans, arranged by Dmitri Shostakovich, Selections from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz, arranged by Jay Bocook, Carry On by Eric Beall, as performed by Martha Wash, arranged by Brock Keiper (conducted by Jadine Louie and Kathleen McGuire).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band at Fourth Annual Golden Gate Park Band Festival, San Francisco, California, on June 12, 2010: oboist for From Maine to Oregon by John Philip Sousa, River Songs of the South by William Harbison, Velocity by Robert Sheldon, Maple Leaf Forever by Alexander Muir, arranged by Steve Reisteter, Three Dances From On the Town: III Times Square by Leonard Bernstein, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Steve Rouse, Golden Gate March by Edwin Franko Goldman, Great Steamboat Race by Robert W. Smith, and The Saints by Richard Bowles (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• Zaptet at COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event, San Francisco, California, on June 10, 2010: oboist for Pastorale by Mrs. H.H.A. (Amy) Beach, Quintett F-Dur by Franz Danzi, Golliwogg's Cakewalk by Claude Debussy, Cumberland Suite, Allemande (1st) and Courante (2nd) movements, by Eric Ewazen, Stormy Weather by Harold Arlen, arranged by Steven Keys, 8 Russian Folk Dances, Christmas Carol “Kolyada” (2nd), Plaintive Song (3rd), and Round Dance (7th) movements, by Anatoly Liadov, Second Suite in F, 1st movement, by Gustav Holst, Early Hungarian Dances, Shoulder Blade Dance (3rd) and Leaping Dance (7th) movements, by Ferenc Farkas, Dominiquetrix (based on orig. Dominique) by Soeur Sourire, arranged by Steven Keys.
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band at Yerba Buena Garden, San Francisco, California, on May 29, 2010: first oboist for From Maine to Oregon by John Philip Sousa, River Songs of the South by William Harbison, Instant Concert by Harold Waters, Velocity by Robert Sheldon, Up by Michael Giacchino, arranged by Michael Brown, Maple Leaf Forever by Alexander Muir, arranged by Steve Reisteter, Casey at the Bat by Randolf Alan Bass with a poem by Ernest L. Thayer, Three Dances From On the Town: III Times Square by Leonard Bernstein, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Steve Rouse, I've Made My Plans for Summer by John Philip Sousa, Rumble on the High Plains, Great Steamboat Race by Robert W. Smith, and The Saints by Richard Bowles (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony at First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, California, on March 26, 2010, and at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on March 27, 2010: oboist for Alto Rhapsody, Opus 53, by Johannes Brahms, and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 43, by Jean Sibelius (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band performs Art in the Park at Ebenezer/HerChurch Lutheran, San Francisco, California, on March 19, 2010: first oboist for King Cotton by John Philip Sousa, Art in the Park by Robert Sheldon, Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song by Samuel Hazo, Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance, Rat Race by David Weirich, Magic Valley by Scott Watson, Virtruvian Man by Richard Saucedo, Gaelic Rhapsody by Elliot A. Del Borgo, Pablo! by Richard Meyer (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band performs the Dance-Along Nutcracker: Blazing Nutcrackers! at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, on December 12 and 13, 2009: first oboist for various excerpts and arrangements of Silverado by Broughton, Great Old West Parade March arranged by Warren Barker, Overture Miniature from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, Sleigh Ride, Rocky and Bullwinkle Strike Again by Fred Steiner, arranged by John Higgins, A Western Christmas: 3. Jingle Bells by Paul Curnow, Danse des Mirlitons from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, A Copland Portrait by Aaron Copland, adapted by Clare Grundman, White Christmas by Irving Berlin, arranged by John Moss, Marche from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, On the Trail by Ferde Grofé, Tennessee Waltz by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King, arranged by Hal Leonard, A Western Christmas: 2. Good King Wenceslas by Paul Curnow, Danse de la Fée Dragée from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, Hallelujah Trail by Ernie Sheldon and Elmer Bernstein, I Will Survive, Monument: Pioneer Spirit and Celebration by Robert W. Smith, Danse Russe Trépak from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, Cowboy Christmas arranged by Jeff Simmons, Macho Man / Y.M.C.A. Medley by J. Morali, H. Belolo, V. Willis, and P. Whitehead, A Western Christmas: 1. Westminister Carol by Paul Curnow, Danse Chinoise from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, Jai Ho by A. R. Rahman, Once Upon A Time in the West by Morricone, Danse Arabe from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake, William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, arranged by Erik W.G. Leidzen (played English horn solo), Valse des Fleurs from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky arranged by M.L. Lake (conducted by Jadine Louie).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Colors in Harmony concert at First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, California, on November 21, 2009: oboist for Menuet Antique by Ravel, Symphony No. 4 in A Major Italian, Opus 90, by Felix Mendelssohn (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• Zaptet performs a Dance-Along Nutcracker promo concert benefitting the San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Freedom Band at the Castro Mini-Plaza, San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2009: oboist for March, Chinese Dance, and Trepak from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, Quintettino by Arvo Pärt, Early Hungarian Dances by Ferenc Farkas, Arabesque from Suite No. 1 by Claude Debussy, Song of Marawa by Jim Berenholtz (played English horn), Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose), movement III, Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes, by Maurice Ravel, Ballet Egyptian by Alexandre Luigini, arranged by Steven Keys.
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on September 19, 2009: oboist for To Music by John Corigliano, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43, by Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Opus 88, by Antonin Dvořák (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• Berkeley Bach Cantata Group at St. John's Episcopal Church, Oakland, California, on September 13, 2009: oboist for Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BMV 25, and Jesu, der du meine Seele, BMV 78, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
• Zaptet performs a Portola Garden Tour concert benefitting the Garden District Scholarship at City College, San Francisco, California, on September 12, 2009: oboist for Early Hungarian Dances by Ferenc Farkas, Arabesque, Golliwogg's Cake-Walk, and La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Girl With the Flaxen Hair) from Suite No. 1 by Claude Debussy, Song of Marawa by Jim Berenholtz (composer present) (played English horn), Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintett, movement I, by György Ligeti, Peer Gynt: Four Pieces: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg, March from Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst, Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose), movement III, Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes, by Maurice Ravel.
• Berkeley Bach Cantata Group at St. John's Episcopal Church, Oakland, California, on July 19, 2009: oboist for Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BMV 1046, movement 1, and Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BMV 208, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Summer Love: Celebrating the Perfect Union concert at First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, California, on June 20, 2009: oboist for Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein, An American in Paris by George Gershwin, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• Zaptet at the Castro Mini-Plaza, San Francisco, California, on June 13, 2009: oboist for Early Hungarian Dances by Ferenc Farkas, March from Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst, Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintett, movement I, by György Ligeti, Three Shanties, movement 1 "Drunken Sailor", by Malcolm Arnold, Sonata No. 89 by Antonio Soler, Quintet in F Major, movements 1 and 3, by Franz Danzi, Sonatine Bureaucratique by Erik Satie, Wind Wizards by Steven Keys, Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose), movement III, Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes, by Maurice Ravel.
• Berkeley Bach Cantata Group at St. John's Episcopal Church, Oakland, California, on May 17, 2009: oboist for Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BMV 1046, movement 1, and Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BMV 208, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
• Zaptet performs at Musica Para Las Madres concert at the Women's Building, San Francisco, California, on May 3, 2009: oboist for Early Hungarian Dances by Ferenc Farkas.
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Crossing Continents concert at First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, California, on April 18, 2009: oboist for An Outdoor Adventure by Aaron Copland, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor by Antonin Dvořák (conducted by Cyrus Ginwala).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Winter Celebrations concert at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on January 31, 2009: oboist for Jesi in Festa by Giancarlo Aquilanti, Cello Concerto in A Minor, Opus 129, by Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 13, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (conducted by Martin Fraile).
• Zaptet performs at the Stonestown Galleria, San Francisco, California, on December 21, 2008: oboist for And All in the Morning of the 8 English Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Quintet in F Major, movements 1 and 3, by Franz Danzi, Sonata No. 89 by Antonio Soler, Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintett, movement I, by György Ligeti, Peer Gynt: Four Pieces: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg, March from Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst, Introduction and the Lion's Royal March from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonatine Bureaucratique by Erik Satie, Minstrels, La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Girl With the Flaxen Hair), and Golliwogg's Cake-Walk from Suite No. 1 by Claude Debussy, Three Shanties, movement 1 "Drunken Sailor", by Malcolm Arnold.
• Zaptet performs its first concert at the Portal to the Past in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, on September 20, 2008: oboist for Peer Gynt: Four Pieces: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg, Sonatine Bureaucratique by Erik Satie, Quintet in F Major, movements 1 and 3, by Franz Danzi, and various compositions from "Encore Pieces Volume 2" likely including Minstrels, La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Girl With the Flaxen Hair), and Golliwogg's Cake-Walk from Suite No. 1 by Claude Debussy.
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs The Subtler Shades of Summer concert at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, on September 13, 2008: oboist for Leonore Overture No. 3 by Beethoven, Nocturne from a Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 8 Unfinished by Schubert, The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Opus 26, by Felix Mendelssohn (played first oboe), Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms (conducted by Daniel Canosa).
• Bay Area Rainbow Symphony performs Premiere Concert at Old First Church, San Francisco, California, on June 8, 2008: oboist for Severnside March by David Barton, Rainbow Fantasy by Jay Pierson, Suite de Symphonies by Jean-Joseph Mouret, Andantino from Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K.299, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dance of the Little Moorish Slaves from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Overture in the Italian Style in D, by Franz Schubert, Chaconne from The Faerie Queen, and Rondo from Abdelazar Suite by Henry Purcell, Pizzicati and March and Procession of Bacchus from Sylvia by Léo Delibes (conducted by Jay Pierson).

• Workshop at Humboldt State University, Humboldt Chamber Music Workshop, July 3-9, 2011. Played first oboe on Quartet on Russian Themes by David Gendelev, Cascadian Concerto by Eric Ewazen, Serenade #12 Octet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (second oboe on this one), La Cheminée du Roi René by Darius Milhaud, Variations sur un thème corse by Henri Tomasi, French Suite by Arthur Frankenpohl, and Quartet by Gordon Jacob.
• Workshop at San Francisco State University, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), May 28-29, 2011. Played oboe on ???.
• Workshop at San Francisco State University, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), February 12-13, 2011. Played oboe on ???.
• Workshop at Mills College, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), October 16-17, 2010. Played oboe on Quartet by Knudåge Riisager, Caprice sur des air danois et russes, Opus 79, by Camille Saint-Saëns, Dixtour by Georges Enesco, and Terzetto by Gustav Holst.
• Workshop at College of Marin, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), June 5-6, 2010. Played oboe on Petite Symphonie by Gounod, Sinfonietta, Opus 48, by Novacek, Octet, Opus 216, by Reinecke, Quintet, Opus 16, by Ludwig van Beethoven, Quintet, K452, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quintet by Benjamin Lees, Early Hungarian Dances by Ferenc Farkas, Roaring Fork by Erik Ewazen.
• Workshop at San Francisco State University, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), October 24-25, 2009. Played oboe on Nonet, Opus 139, by Josef Rheinberger, Sextuor by Francis Poulenc, and played oboe and English horn on Trio in C Major, Opus 87, and Variations on La ci darem la mano by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Workshop at San Francisco State University, Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC), February 22, 2009. Played oboe and English horn on Trio in C Major, Opus 87, and Variations on La ci darem la mano by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Regular performance salons hosted (quarterly) at my home.

Prefer San Francisco location. Will travel. References available upon request.

©2011 Will Doherty. Last modified on 11 Jul 2011.

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