For every orchestral oboist about to embark upon the audition process, this book is your new best friend.

• The most frequently requested oboe audition pieces, with Ferrillo’s advice and tips on each!

• Oboe parts are faithful reproductions of the editions most often used - some easy to read, some not! These are the parts from which you will likely be asked to read.

• Includes a fascinating glimpse at the audition process through Ferrillo’s own trials and tribulations! Even the best aren’t often successful the first time around. Or the second. Or the third...

This is the book for all orchestral oboists!

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach

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La Mer
Claude Debussy

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John Ferrillo joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe at the start of the 2001 Tanglewood season, having appeared with the orchestra several times as a guest performer in recent seasons. From 1986 to 2001 he was principal oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Mr. Ferrillo grew up in Bedford, Massachusetts, and played in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, where he studied with John deLancie and received his diploma and artist’s certificate. He also studied with John Mack at the Blossom Festival and has participated in the Marlboro, Craftsbury, and Monadnock festivals. Prior to his appointment at the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Ferrillo was second oboe of the San Francisco Symphony, and was a faculty member at Illinois State University and West Virginia State University. A former faculty member of the Mannes School of

Music and Juilliard School of Music in New York City, he has taught and performed at the Aspen and Waterloo festivals and at the Mannes Bach Institute, and currently serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. ( -- www.bso.org)

“The music is intimate, elegant, and autumnal, and Ferrillo played it with pinpoint dynamic control, astonishing beauty of tone and span of breath, wit, and quietly radiant feeling.” -- Richard Dyer, Boston Globe

“The performance of Bernard Rands’ Concertino for Oboe and Ensemble was never in danger of lacking shape or direction: from the very opening gesture, it was clear that solo oboist John Ferrillo was in charge... Ferrillo’s command over every aspect of the instrument during the demanding cadenzas was inspiring.”
-- Brad Balliett, Classical Review, The Tech (M.I.T.)

“There was dazzling solo playing from the fearless high attacks of James Sommerville (horn) and John Ferrillo (oboe) at the opening right through to the end.” -- Richard Dyer, Boston Globe