Richard Kravchak is one of America’s most versatile and exciting double reed artists. He has performed as an oboe soloist, chamber and orchestral musician around the world, in concerts throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has appeared as a soloist with ensembles as diverse as The Dubuque Symphony, The University of Hawai’i Wind Ensemble, The Carson Symphony, Banda Espinia de Portugal and The Orchestra Sinfonica de El Salvador. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald wrote: “Kravchak’s playing revealed a real beauty of tone, not monolithic, but always changing in color and intensity. He makes even the most difficult lines seem almost effortless.” The Florida Flambeau raves “Kravchak made a good case for his virtuosity.” Kravchak has been invited to present solo performances at conferences and festivals including The International Double Reed Society, The North American Saxophone Alliance, Festival Forfest in the Czech Republic, The International Clarinet Society, The Electroacoustic Barndance, and many others. He specializes in contemporary music, with over 100 compositions being created for him, and HIP (Historically Informed Practice) frequently performing period music on oboes of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and early 20 th century. Kravchak holds performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the Julliard School and Florida State University. Kravchak has been chair of the Department of Music at California State University Dominguez Hills and was the founding director and professor of Oboe of the School of Music and Theatre at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia as well as the director of the School of Music at the University of Southern Mississippi. Currently Kravchak serves as the Dean of the school of Arts and Letters at the College of Southern Nevada, one of our nation’s largest community colleges, as well as serving as principal oboe of the Las Vegas Sinfonietta, Baroque oboist with Cosmopolitan Baroque, and performing on oboe, oboe d’amore and English horn with the New York Kammermusiker.