Thomas Pappas, oboe

Thomas Pappas (oboe) is active as an oboe soloist, chamber, and orchestra musician. He has performed throughout the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Wales. Recent solo appearances include performances of oboe concertos in Greensboro, NC and with the Aalen Symphony Orchestra in Germany, where he grew up and first learned how to play the oboe. He has performed principal and section oboe with the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra as well as the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Western Piedmont and the Salisbury symphony orchestras. Recently Pappas was a featured soloist on the annual computer music concert xMUSE at the University of South Carolina. Other professional conferences he has performed at include the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Society of Composers Inc., UNCG Cello Celebrations (Silva and Varga) and the UNCG New Music Festival. He enjoys performing new music and has premiered several works, including ones written for him by his brother, the composer Daniel Pappas. He is a member of the Pappas Family Recorder Quartet, who released their first commercially available CD in 2005.


Pappas holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Grace College, IN, the Master of Music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and is currently completing work on the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with Dr. Mary Ashley Barret. Thomas resides in Greensboro with three dogs: Bella, Delphi, and Winnie.

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