Born
in Philadelphia, Joseph Shalita started his musical studies
at the age of 10 playing the clarinet. Soon afterwards he
started learning the oboe and became a member of the Philadelphia
Youth orchestra studying with Rhita Smith and Stevens Hewitt,
as well as a member of the woodwind quintet program at the
Settlement Music School studying with Shirley Curtis.
He
then received a bachelor of music studying with Joseph Turner
at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore after which
he received a Masters of Music from the Mannes College of
Music studying with John Ferrillo in New York.
In
1990 he came to Mexico as the Assistant Principal Oboe of
the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and was appointed Principal Oboe in 2005 where he is presently
playing. He is an avid chamber musician and teacher in Mexico
where he has been a member of the Mexico
City Woodwind Quintet since 1993.
While
with the quintet, he has gone on tour to Europe and the United
States, as well as recording three compact discs, mostly of
contemporary music.
Mr.
Shalita is on the faculty of the National Center for the Arts
teaching chamber music, and the Ollin Yolitzly School of music
in Mexico City as Professor of oboe and chamber music. |