Anna Mattix, M.L.S.

Anna Mattix was appointed to the faculty at Buffalo State in 2009 as an oboe lecturer. Mattix joined the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) oboe section in June 2007 on English Horn. Prior to her position with the BPO, Anna played Principal oboe with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and English Horn with the Owensboro Philharmonic. Anna has degrees from Ithaca College and Yale University and is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University. While at Yale, she developed a unique mentoring program between students at the School of Music and an inner city Magnet Arts High School. The program, which continues to this day, was honored with the prestigious Elm and Ivy award given by the city of New Haven and Yale University. Anna has appeared several times in concert at the International Double Reed Society Conference and is a featured recording artist for Aireborn and Los Lodges studios in Indianapolis. Her major teachers have included Ronald Roseman, Theodore Baskin, Nicholas Daniel, Anne Leek, and Mark Hill.