Margaret Marco Performs on Oboe for Ruel Joyce Recital
Johnson County Community College |
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Margaret Marco, oboe, accompanied by Ellen Bottorff, piano, perform at noon Monday, Oct. 31, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, as part of the free Ruel Joyce Recital Series featuring Kansas City classical musicians. | 
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Marco has played as principal oboe of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Maracaibo, Venezuela; Spoleto Festival and Rome Festival Orchestra, Italy; Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, and many others. She earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois and is the associate professor of oboe at the University of Kansas, where she has taught since 1998. | 
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Marco is co-principal of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and performs frequently with the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Kansas City Ballet Orchestra and Kansas Woodwinds. She is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of Kansas City. As faculty oboist at the Ameropa Chamber Music Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, Marco has performed, coached and conducted master classes each August since 2001. She has performed at the International Double Reed Conferences in 1997, 2003 and 2005.
Performing with Marco is Bottorff, a highly sought-after collaborative artist. She performs extensively throughout the United States and Canada. She can be heard on two professional recordings, Arrows of Time with trombonist David Vining, and Rare Breeds and Dog-Eared Classics with the Kansas Brass Quintet.
Bottorff was on the keyboard and voice faculty at Missouri Western State College from 1994-2004. She is currently finishing a doctorate of music in piano performance and chamber music from the University of Kansas.
The Ruel Joyce series concludes with Cindy Egger, guitar, at noon Monday, Nov. 7, in the Recital Hall.
The series is named for Ruel Joyce, a longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians federation from 1977 until his death in 1989. The concerts are cosponsored by the JCCC humanities and music departments, Community Services and the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 34-627.
For more information, call 913-469-8500, ext. 3605.
