Peter Cooper

Instructor of Oboe

Email: peter.cooper@colorado.edu
Office Location: Room C178, Imig Music Building
Office Phone: 303-492-0349 opt #2
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301


Principal Oboist of the Colorado Symphony and Professor of Oboe at the University of Colorado, Peter Cooper has taught and performed as soloist with orchestras in Asia, Europe and the United States. He previously held positions in the San Francisco Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Mr. Cooper has commissioned and premiered five oboe concertos. In 2001 Mr. Cooper recorded the Strauss and David Mullikin Oboe Concertos with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. This recording along with the CD Whispers of the Past for oboe and harp was released on Summit Records to great critical acclaim. He previously recorded Heinrich Schweizer’s Oboe Concerto with the London Philharmonic. He has also premiered concertos by Bill Douglas and Gregory Walker with the CSO.

A prize winner in the Tokyo International Oboe Competition, Peter Cooper is a frequent guest Principal Oboist with many American orchestras. He has toured and recorded with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and has played first oboe with the Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, San Diego and Milwaukee Symphonies as well as the Israel Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Cooper plays on Marigaux oboes and Strasser-Marigaux, Paris,  have sponsored him in recitals and master classes throughout the United States.

A graduate of Northwestern University, he studied with Ray Still and Gladys Elliot. He plays Principal Oboe in the Grand Teton Music Festival and has played in Strings in the Mountains and the St. Bart’s Music Festival among other festivals.