Rick Bashore (oboe) moved to the DC metro area in 2008 to assume the duties of Co-Principal Oboist with “the President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, spending his four-year enlistment playing for two presidents, various visiting foreign dignitaries, and tens of thousands of americans on four separate tours. he currently holds positions in allentown, annapolis, reading, harrisburg, and Maryland Symphony orchestras, as well as the Sarasota Opera orchestra. he can be heard on recordings of the eastman Bach Children’s Choir, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and the Grammy-nominated professional choir, Seraphic Fire.