Yvonne Powers

Classical oboist

Yvonne Powers Peterson, Associate Principal Oboist, holds the endowed George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair. She joined the ASO in 1992, coming from the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony, where she was principal oboist. She previously served as principal in the Canton and Evansville (Indiana) Symphonies, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz in Mexico, and the Cabrillo Music Festival. She has performed in the orchestras of Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Louisville, as well as the Waterloo Festival in New York and the Spoleto Festival in Italy.

Ms. Powers was born in Chicago, daughter of a Polish father and a German mother. She studied with Adrian Gnam and Jonathan Dlouhy at Ohio University and with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music.