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Dr. Krista Riggs

Krista Riggs earned the degree of Doctor of Music in Oboe Performance and Literature from Indiana University, where she was unanimously awarded high distinction by the faculty committee at the document defense/final examination for the degree. Since graduating, she has been invited to present solo performances, lecture-recitals, and research papers at national, international, and world conferences of the International Double Reed Society, the International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education, the International Society for Music Education, the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, and the College Music Society, as well as conferences on gender scholarship, assessment in education, and excellence in teaching and learning. Invitations have come from across the US, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, and Thailand. Her writing has been published in journals such as the Double Reed and the peer-reviewed Philosophy of Music Education Review. An advocate of new music, she has collaborated with composers Kenneth Froelich and Jason Bahr on new solo works for oboe and English horn. Her principal teachers include Theodore Baskin, Roger Roe, Harry Sargous, Henry Schuman, and Martin Schuring.