Biography

Leah Piccirillo is Adjunct Professor of Oboe at Lipscomb University. In addition to teaching at Lipscomb and Dow Street Community Music School, she has recently performed with the Middle TN Woodwind Orchestra, Huntington Symphony, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas, and Nashville Composer Collective.

Previously, she served as a teaching artist at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Civic Youth Ensembles while leading beginning oboe lessons throughout Detroit’s public schools and community district. An avid chamber musician, Leah’s reed quintet placed as a finalist in the 2026 Wayland Chamber Music Competition. In 2025, she collaborated and performed with the Grammy-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet during their annual chamber music institute in Petoskey, Michigan.

Leah earned oboe performance degrees from Bowling Green State University and Middle Tennessee State University, where she became inspired by mentorship from oboists David Cyzak, Dwight Parry, and Keith Sorrels.

Academic Degree

M.M. in Oboe Performance, Bowling Green State University
B.M. in Oboe Performance, Middle Tennessee State University