Jillian Honn

Jillian Honn is a freelance oboist based in New York City. She holds principal positions with Chamber Orchestra of New York, Cape Symphony, and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. In addition to her previous role as Principal Oboe of the Syracuse Orchestra, Jillian has been a guest with International Contemporary Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s, among others. Jillian is an avid soloist and chamber musician with a passion for early and new music. She is the Director of Operations for Contemporaneous, and is one half of Doubles, a contemporary oboe and bass duo. Jillian is a former Visiting Lecturer in Music at Ithaca College, and is a former faculty member of Wharton Arts and LeMoyne and Hamilton Colleges. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM, PC, ALP), where she studied with Richard Killmer, Jillian also holds an MM-MMA from Yale University where she studied with Stephen Taylor.