His oboe teachers have included Daniel Stolper, Marc Fink, Thomas Stacy, John Mack, Richard Killmer, Jay Light, Florian Mueller, Leonard Arner and Harry Shulman.
Mr Niblock has himself established a reputation as a teacher: his former pupils have performed as members of many fine orchestras both in the United States and abroad, and several currently hold university teaching positions. In 1980, he was guest lecturer at the Vienna Academy of Music.
In addition to the oboe, Mr Niblock has developed his interests in other diverse fields, most especially that of music aesthetics, a study which unites his musical career with his earlier work in philosophy and literature. His publications include essays, articles, reviews, arrangements and original compositions, and many have appeared in such journals as The Instrumentalist, The Double Reed and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, as well as in The New Grove Dictionary of Music
Howard Niblock is Professor of Music (Aesthetics; Oboe) at Lawrence University, Conservatory of Music, where he has worked since 1981.
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