Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr. Chair
Jennifer Corning Lucio is the principal oboist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. She has been featured as a concerto soloist, including the Mozart Oboe Concerto with her own cadenzas, and the Strauss and Marcello oboe concerti. Ms. Corning Lucio has also served as guest principal oboist of the Baltimore, Milwaukee, Seattle, Utah, and Jacksonville symphonies and has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. During the summer, she has enjoyed several seasons as the principal oboist of the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado. Her national television credits include principal oboist on the PBS Live from Lincoln Center program.
An active chamber musician of both contemporary and standard repertoire, Ms. Corning Lucio performed the world premiere of her own composition for two oboes and English horn on the 2021 Spectrum concert series. She has been featured with the Mimir Festival, Voices of Change, the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, Cliburn Chamber Series, Hall Ensemble, and Caminos del Inka. A first prizewinner of the Schubert Club Young Artist Competition of Minneapolis, she was an honoree of the Young Artist Competition of the Minnesota Orchestra and an invited guest soloist to the Tokyo New National Theater.
Ms. Corning Lucio believes in the healing power of music, having performed over sixty local recitals at senior and long-term health facilities through Texas Winds Musical Outreach. A dedicated educator, she served as Professor of Oboe at the University of Tulsa and Oboe Instructor at the Oklahoma Arts Institute while in her previous position with the Tulsa Philharmonic. She continues to present master classes at the university level, coaches the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, and maintains a highly successful private studio.
As a student of Elaine Douvas, Ms. Corning Lucio received her master's degree from the Juilliard School, also earning a PEO Scholar Award. Her bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music was under the instruction of the John Mack. While in Cleveland, she received academic honors from Case Western Reserve University and the Karl Lemmerman Prize in writing.