Biography

Poling, MaryAnn Poling
Department: Music Department
Office: Kraushaar Auditorium
Associate in Applied Music (oboe)
Email: MaryAnn.Poling@goucher.edu

MaryAnn Poling studied under the late Sara Watkins, receiving her M.M. in Oboe Performance from the Peabody Institute in 1993 (Phi Kappa Lambda). She did her undergraduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, receiving B.S. degrees (summa cum laude) in both Music Education (1990) and Music Performance (1991). While in western Pennsylvania, she performed with the Johnstown and Altoona Symphony Orchestras, and was both a finalist (1990) and winner (1991) of the Frank Gorell competition. She continues to serve her alma mater as a member of the oft-recorded Keystone Winds, in which capacity the prolific composer and conductor Jack Stamp frequently calls on her to perform as a soloist in premieres of new works.

An active freelance musician in the Baltimore-Washington area, Mrs. Poling holds the Principal Oboe position in the Goucher Chamber Orchestra, and has played with such area ensembles as the Annapolis Symphony, the Annapolis Opera, the Hood College Orchestra, the Maryland Lyric Opera and the Melos Sinfonia. She has performed in 14 countries, most notably for Gian Carlo Menotti's Spoleto Festival, both in South Carolina and in Spoleto, Italy. She is also the conductor of the Greater Baltimore Youth Chamber Strings. An eight-year veteran of the Harford County Public Schools, Mrs. Poling has led the orchestra program in her elementary and middle schools to four-fold growth during her tenure. She maintains an extensive private oboe studio, with students ranging in age from eleven to fifty-seven, and has served on the faculties of the Peabody Preparatory, Georgetown University and Essex Community College, as well as Goucher..

Mrs. Poling lives in Baltimore with her husband, Jason, and their daughters Cara and Alicia.