Dr. Dan Schwartz is the Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Oklahoma School of Music, joining the faculty in the fall of 2011.  At OU, he maintains an active studio of undergraduate and graduate oboists, runs the woodwind chamber music program, as well as performs in the woodwind-quintet-in-residence, the Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet.

An avid performer, Dr. Schwartz is currently an oboist and English horn player in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Prior to this position, Dr. Schwartz has performed with orchestras throughout North America, including the National Arts Center Orchestra under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman, Nashville Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, New World Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, and Austin Symphony.  He also spent many summers as Principal Oboe of the FAVA Opera in Perigueux, France.  Dr. Schwartz was an invited recitalist at the 2013 International Double Reed Society Conference held at the University of Redlands (California) as well as the 2014 Conference at New York University.  Recent masterclasses given include University of Michigan, University of Texas Austin, Vanderbilt University, University of Costa Rica, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wisconsin (both Milwaukee and Platteville), amongst others.

Dr. Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance from Vanderbilt University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university's highest academic honor, the Founders Medal.  Dr. Schwartz also holds a Master of Music degree in Oboe Performance from the University of Texas Austin, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Oboe Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where he also received a degree minor in Music Education.  His primary teachers have included Richard Killmer, Rebecca Henderson, Bobby Taylor, and Grover Schiltz.  In demand internationally, Dr. Schwartz has performed and taught throughout the world, including Spain, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Bahamas, Canada, and even Sydney, Australia for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

Dr. Schwartz has recorded for the Naxos and Sony Classical labels, and his article "A Hidden Narrative in Strauss' Oboe Concerto: Critical Context and the Plot it Illuminates" was published in the International Double Reed Society Journal in 2011.  An avid composer, his "Sonata for Oboe and Piano" and "Songs Without Words (for oboe and piano)" are published and available through TrevCo Music Publishing.   He is also a member of the International Double Reed Society and the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.

• DMA (Oboe Performance & Literature), Eastman School of Music
• MM (Oboe Performance), University of Texas, Austin
• BM (Oboe Performance) Summa Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University