Reid Messich

Messich received his Bachelor of Music at the Curtis Institute of Music, his MM at the Florida State University; DMA currently in progress at Florida State University. He has studied with Richard Woodhams, Elaine Douvas, John Mack, Joseph Robinson, and Eric Ohlsson. From 2001-2004 Mr. Messich held the Aspen Academy Conducting Orchestra Fellowship where he served as principal oboist under Maestro David Zinman. Mr. Messich is currently a member and oboist of the IRIS Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Michael Stern in Memphis, Tennessee and serves on the woodwind faculty as Instructor of Oboe at The University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. In high demand, Mr. Messich freelances throughout the state of Florida and plays with the Boca Raton Symphonia, Jacksonville Symphony, and Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. During the summers, Mr. Messich serves on faculty at The Masterworks Festival, in Winona Lake IN, as the Instructor of Oboe.  In recent activity Mr. Messich was a featured soloist performing Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante with The Masterworks Festival, Philharmonic Orchestra.