About Khara Wolf

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Khara Wolf fell in love with music when she was first inspired by the magic of live performance and the power of music education. As a performer, she has played oboe and English horn with the San Juan Symphony and is a co-founder of the Better Knot Ensembles, a Neo-Celtic group with guitarist Chad MacCluskey and Bodhran player Erick Morningstar.

She joined as Adjunct Professor of Double Reeds at Fort Lewis College in 2015 and has been teaching private lessons on oboe, flute, and winds in Durango, Colorado since 2013. From 2018-2021, Khara held the first Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator position with the International Double Reed Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the performance and education of double reed instruments.

In Traditional music, Khara plays an 8-keyed Trad wood Irish flute, a baroque (period) oboe, and the penny whistle. She is currently working with Shelley Phillips on a set of music by Turlough O’Carolan for oboe and English Horn. In addition, she is pursuing extended techniques on the oboe and English Horn with a focus on 17th and 18th century traditional Celtic music.

Khara graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance where she studied with Peter Cooper. Additional oboe teachers include Russell Deluna, Martin Schuring, Barbara LaFitte, James Brody, and Ciara Glasheen-Artem. Her experience in woodwinds includes classical training on flute, and jazz and Celtic techniques on oboe.

With over a decade of professional high-altitude reed making experience, Khara is passionate about teaching and assisting with the complex process of reed making. She feels strongly about giving students a strong classical foundation and teaching them how to approach their instruments with ease, confidence, and musicality.

Ms. Wolf has attended the Boxwood Festival & Workshop numerous times since 2009 where she studied Celtic music with world class musicians such as Chris Norman, David Greenberg, and Rodney Garnett. In 2013 she attended as the recipient of the Fred Kasper Memorial Scholarship award for her attendance on oboe.

Khara also owns Websites by Khara, a boutique Squarespace website agency for musicians and small businesses.