Donald L. Oehler

Donald L. Oehler has drawn high praise as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor and educator throughout his long career at the University of North Carolina. His performing and teaching activities have taken him throughout North American, Great Britain, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He began his career as principal clarinetist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Teheran, served as principal clarinetist of the North Carolina Opera Company and continues to perform with the Carolina Wind Quintet.

Mr. Oehler has presented master classes in England, Wales, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Haiti, Hong Kong, Canada, and across the United States. He has served as academic resident director for the UNC London Honors program and leads the Burch Field Seminar in London and Florence, Italy. Mr. Oehler is director of the University Chamber Players, past director of the University New Music Ensemble and music director of the Chapel Hill Philharmonia. He founded and directs Chapel Hill Chamber Music, was founder and artistic director of the Corso Internazionale di Music da Camera, Tuscania, Italy and served on the faculty of the Cours International de Musique in Morges, Switzerland and the MusicFest International in Aberystwyth, Wales. Mr. Oehler has published an on-line catalog of music for clarinet and string quartet (The Clarinet Quintet) which has drawn high international praise as a major resource in chamber music repertoire. Mr.Oehler is a graduate of the Juilliard School. He studied with Orville Matthias, Bernard Portnoy, Joseph Allard, Robert Listokin, and Jack Brymer.

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