Thomas Nugent

oboe

Tom Nugent graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with Marc Lifschey. He is currently principal oboe with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, a founding member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and is a member of the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, San Jose Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Marin Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, California Symphony, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Sacramento Chamber Music Society, Sierra Chamber Society, San Francisco Camerata, Mendocino Music Festival, Bear Valley Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival, and the Colorado Philharmonic. He has performed as a soloist with the Sacramento Philharmonic, Bear Valley Festival Orchestra, Mendocino Festival Orchestra, Diablo Ballet, San Francisco Choral Artists, and for the American Guild of Organists. Tom has performed on television commercials, video and PBS soundtracks. Recent recording projects include the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Centering, the Music of Earle Brown, and Carlos Franzetti’s new opera, Corpus Evita, with the San Francisco Camerata. He is on the faculty of The University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music and at Mills College in Oakland.