Wayne Oquin - Composer

The Nashville Symphony has just released a new CD titled “Organ Concertos” under the American Classics label at Naxos. On this CD is a piece titled “Resilience” by Wayne Oquin that I had the pleasure of hearing live back in February of 2023. To my surprise I was sitting right behind Oquin at the concert and was able to shake his hand afterwards. One thing led to another and in May of that year I was headed towards Lincoln Center Plaza, where Oquin is the Chair of Ear Training at Juilliard, for a meeting with him. It was Jury week at Juilliard and students buzzed anxiously throughout the halls waiting to sum up their semester’s work for their teachers. Oquin met me in the lobby and we took the elevator to the fifth floor where we proceeded to enter the classroom where he does most of his teaching. Read the entire article