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1970: Married violinist Mary Kay McQuilkin in First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, wedding music <br /> supplied by Robert Shaw, John Mack, Seth McCoy, etc. <br /> 1972: Wrote and helped pass County/City legislation establishing free concerts for families in Atlanta; <br /> performed the Handel G Minor Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Shaw <br /> 1973: Named Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Maryland; assigned special fundraising duties <br /> by Dean Eugene Troth <br /> 1974: Joined the Clarion Wind Quintet and the faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston- <br /> Salem, NC; began playing first oboe in the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra <br /> 1975: Joined the board of directors of the Mils ton Salem 5ym!j2hoj,y, overseeing educational concerts; <br /> produced "Oboe Day in North Carolina" with John Mack of the Cleveland Orchestra <br /> 1976: Established the John Mack Oboe Camp at WILDACRES in Little Switzerland, NC; negotiated <br /> involvement of North Carolina School of the Arts faculty in the Winston Salem Symphony; toured Spain <br /> with the Clarion Wind Quintet <br /> 1977: Headed the Moravian Music Festival in its selection of John Nelson as director; recorded Haydn <br /> Divertimenti and Nocturnes with Nicholas Harsanyi and the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra; won the New <br /> York Philharmonic Principal Oboe audition in December <br /> 1978: Performed Vivaldi D Minor Concerto with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic (NYP); <br /> joined Manhattan School of Music as Head of Oboe Studies (26 years) <br /> 1979: Performed Bach Double Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman and NYP; participated in the Grand Teton <br /> Music Festival (20 years) <br /> 1980: Joined the Board of Directors, Brevard Music Center (8 years) <br /> 1981: Began coordination of Area Committee Musicales for NYP Development Department (7 years) <br /> 1982: Performed Strauss Concerto with Zubin Mehta and NY P; published an article in Symphony entitled <br /> "Fake Your Oboe Player to Lunch" urging musician advocacy in support of orchestras <br /> 1983: Received Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Davidson College and produced a concert on <br /> campus conducted by Zubin Melrtawhich raised $400,000 for student scholarships; began Joseph Robinson <br /> Seminars at UNC-(sreensboro and at Hidden Valley, California (3 years) <br /> 1984: Helped commission, then performed and recorded the Rochberg Concerto with Zubin Mehta and NYP; <br /> became President of the Grand Teton Orchestra Seminar (3 years) and joined the Board of Directors of the <br /> Grand Teton Music Festival (12 years); presented new Loree oboe to a musician in Bombay <br /> 1985: Performed Mozart Sinfonia Concertante on European tour with Zubin Mehta and NYP; arranged <br /> funding and academic opportunties in the US for oboists from Calcutta and Bangkok; created the "World <br /> Invitational Orchestra"for Zubin Mehta's performance of Mahler's Third Symphony at the Grand Teton <br /> Music Festival <br /> 1986: Performed Bach Double Concerto with Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and NYP; became chair of <br /> National Artistic Advisory Committee for Oberlin College (3 years); elected Trustee of Davidson College (3 <br /> years) <br />