Jill Marchione, oboist, is a Philadelphia native. She earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Oboe Performance from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where she was a student of Jerry Sirucek. She was a member of the Evansville Philharmonic and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and performed regularly with the Indianapolis Symphony and Opera. In 1991 she became principal oboist with the Royal Symphonic Orchestra of Seville, Spain. During a nine-year tenure there she appeared as soloist with the orchestra, performed and recorded with such soloists as tenor Placido Domingo and guitarist John Williams, and participated in the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently Ms. Marchione plays regularly with the Harrisburg Symphony, Theatre Harrisburg, and the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band. She teaches privately and is on the music faculty of Dickinson, Elizabethtown, and Messiah Colleges.