Keve Wilson

Hailed by the New York Times for her “magnificently sweet tone,” oboist Keve Wilson skipped math as a kid to practice Irish jigs and reels instead. She recently performed the New York premiere of the Ruth Gipps Oboe Concerto, the Bach Double oboe/violin concerto with Emerson String Quartet violinist Eugene Drucker for the Berkshire Bach Festival, and wrapped up production of the final musical by Stephen Sondheim Here We Are on Broadway. Keve recreated the Mitch Miller oboe solos from Charlie Parker with Strings at both Birdland and Jazz at Lincoln Center, as well as the iconic oboe solos from the Carpenters at 54 Below.

Broadway shows she’s played include Company with Patti LuPone, Carousel with Renee Fleming, and the 2014 Tony Winner A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Keve inspires visiting high school band and orchestra students from around the country with her original show Believe NYC—from the Band Room to Broadway. A winner of Concert Artists Guild and solo oboist with the Grammy nominated Absolute Ensemble, she has performed in Amsterdam, Argentina, Austria, Dubai, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Panama, New Zealand, Sicily, and South Korea. She plays oboe for Encores! at City Center and recently recorded for Bruce Springsteen and Stone Temple Pilots.

Keve spent 6 years in Los Angeles as 2nd oboist of Opera Pacific, recorded for TV commercials and films, and premiered After Hearing Bach by Peter Schickele for oboe and string quartet. Festivals include Newport Jazz Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Festival PAAX GNP, Savannah Onstage, New Zealand Music Festival, Bremen Musikfest, Tanglewood Music Center and more. In 2024, she returns to Birdland to play a week of Unheard Bird with Ken Peplowski and heads to Mexico to be solo English hornist with conductor Alondra de la Parra. From Hyde Park, NY and a graduate of Eastman School of Music, Keve studied oboe with Richard Killmer, piano with Judith Handman and dance with Elizabeth Clark. She lives in New York City with her husband Kerry and Portuguese water dog Bugsy