Artist bio
Dr. Sherwood Wise has served on the College of Saint Rose music faculty since 2009 and has served as Music Department Chair since 2018. He is principal oboe of the Glens Falls Symphony and has played second oboe with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra under music director Jaime Laredo since 2001. He frequently performs with the Albany Symphony, and has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony, and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Dr. Wise has performed at the College of Saint Rose, the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, NY, the International Double Reed Society Convention in Tempe, AZ, and at the International Flute Association in Las Vegas. Dr. Wise has performed concertos with the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, the College of Saint Rose Orchestra, the Saint Rose Summer Music Orchestra, and the Flatirons Community Orchestra in Boulder, CO. He has been the featured soloist on the Mozart Oboe Concerto, the Harbison Oboe Concerto, the Handel Oboe Concerto in F Major, and Dead Elvis for bassoon and chamber ensemble by Michael Daugherty.
Dr. Wise is very active in the capital region as a bassoonist, having performed with the Capital Region Wind Ensemble, the Union College Orchestra, and as a featured soloist with the Saint Rose Camerata. Dr. Wise is also a longtime member of the bass section of the Cathedral of All Saints Choir of Men and Boys.
In addition to applied oboe and bassoon, at Saint Rose Dr. Wise coaches chamber music and teaches freshman level Music Theory, freshman and sophomore level Ear Training, and Woodwind Methods on flute, oboe, saxophone, and bassoon. He frequently leads sectionals for the Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. In 2013 he founded the College of Saint Rose Double Reed Ensemble which he continues to direct along with the Saint Rose Woodwind Quintet.
Dr. Wise holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and the Florida state University. His primary teachers include James Caldwell, Mark McEwen, Eric Ohlsson, John Delancie, Marlene Rosen, Krassimir Ivanov, and Janet Polk.
Dr. Wise plays on a Loree AK oboe, a Loree English horn with a Hiniker bocal, a Moosman bassoon, and occasionally on a nifty Loree Royal oboe with a low A extension.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Dr. Wise has performed at the College of Saint Rose, the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, NY, the International Double Reed Society Convention in Tempe, AZ, and at the International Flute Association in Las Vegas. Dr. Wise has performed concertos with the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, the College of Saint Rose Orchestra, the Saint Rose Summer Music Orchestra, and the Flatirons Community Orchestra in Boulder, CO. He has been the featured soloist on the Mozart Oboe Concerto, the Harbison Oboe Concerto, the Handel Oboe Concerto in F Major, and Dead Elvis for bassoon and chamber ensemble by Michael Daugherty.
Dr. Wise is very active in the capital region as a bassoonist, having performed with the Capital Region Wind Ensemble, the Union College Orchestra, and as a featured soloist with the Saint Rose Camerata. Dr. Wise is also a longtime member of the bass section of the Cathedral of All Saints Choir of Men and Boys.
In addition to applied oboe and bassoon, at Saint Rose Dr. Wise coaches chamber music and teaches freshman level Music Theory, freshman and sophomore level Ear Training, and Woodwind Methods on flute, oboe, saxophone, and bassoon. He frequently leads sectionals for the Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. In 2013 he founded the College of Saint Rose Double Reed Ensemble which he continues to direct along with the Saint Rose Woodwind Quintet.
Dr. Wise holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and the Florida state University. His primary teachers include James Caldwell, Mark McEwen, Eric Ohlsson, John Delancie, Marlene Rosen, Krassimir Ivanov, and Janet Polk.
Dr. Wise plays on a Loree AK oboe, a Loree English horn with a Hiniker bocal, a Moosman bassoon, and occasionally on a nifty Loree Royal oboe with a low A extension.
