Maureen O'Boyle - Violin

A graduate of the University of New Mexico and Yale University, Ms. O’Boyle also studied the Suzuki Method in Japan with Shinichi Suzuki. She is currently instructor of violin at the University of Tulsa as well as Concertmaster of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra.

Since 1993, Ms. O’Boyle has been Associate Concertmaster of the Tulsa Philharmonic. She has performed as a recitalist and with orchestras throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Japan, and South America. She has also held positions with the Omaha Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Before coming to Tulsa, Ms. O’Boyle was the Instructor of Violin at Missouri Southern State College in Joplin.

Diane Bucchianeri - Cello

Diane Bucchianeri devotes her time to her two passions, performing and teaching. She performs with Trio Tulsa, the ensemble in residence at the University of Tulsa. Since becoming a member in 1995, Trio Tulsa has given concerts in the United States, Mexico, and the Czech Republic. In 1997 Trio Tulsa performed the Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra by Martinu with the Czech National Symphony at Dvorak Hall in Prague.  Bucchianeri can be heard with Trio Tulsa and in duo performances on the following CDs: Music of Bohuslav Martinu (Centaur Records CRC 2415), Manuel Ponce Chamber Music (ASV KOCH CD DCA 1053), and A Vision of Hills, Chamber Music of Gwyneth Walker (Centaur Records CRC 2820).

Bucchianeri first discovered her love of teaching while in college, assisting her teacher David Wells at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division and the Yellow Barn Music Festival in Vermont.  In addition to maintaining a private studio throughout the years, she has taught at the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil in Costa Rica, the University of Costa Rica, and Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music with a B.M. and M.M. in performance, Diane Bucchianeri now holds the position of Assistant Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the University of Tulsa. She also serves as Coordinator of Strings. In keeping with her passion for teaching, Bucchianeri joined the faculty of the Barthelmes Conservatory in 2007, a preparatory school dedicated to providing excellence in musical training for the young.

Before joining the faculty at the University of Tulsa, Bucchianeri traveled extensively, performing with various chamber ensembles and orchestras in the United States, France, Poland, Germany, Costa Rica, Mexico, and South America. She has been Principal Cellist of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and the Regional Orchestra of the Auvergne in France, Associate Principal Cellist of the Tulsa Philharmonic, and a member of the Mexico City Philharmonic and the Charlotte Symphony.

Bucchianeri’s principal teachers were Irving Klein, David Wells, and Maurice Gendron.

William Price - Piano

William Roger Price, Professor of Music (Piano and Composition) at The University of Tulsa is one among a small number of pianists who has composed and performed his own piano concertos and is one of the very few Americans who has premiered his own concertos in Europe. 

Price premiered his own Piano Concerto No. 2, appearing as soloist and composer, with the Madeira (Portugal) Classical Orchestra. A recording of his first piano concerto entitled Rhapsodies for Piano and Orchestra with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Swoboda conducting and with the composer at the piano is included on the CD MMC NEW CENTURY Vol. 13 (MMC Recordings). It is available at mmc.recordings.com.

In addition to his numerous appearances as recital soloist and collaborative musician, Price has performed with such orchestras as the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jerzy Swoboda, the New York Solisti with Ransom Wilson, The Tulsa Philharmonic with Bernard Rubenstein and others.

Price has also gained national recognition as a church music composer through his works published through St. James Music Press (sjmp.com). Price has received commissions from such organizations as Oklahoma Music Teachers Association, St. James Music Press, The Sequeira Costa International Festival of Music, The Bartlesville Symphony and The University of Tulsa. His compositions have been published by St. James Music Press and Voice of The Rockies. His works have been performed by The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, The TULSAFEST Festival Orchestra, The Bartlesville Symphony, The University of Tulsa Symphony, The Leonardo Trio, Trio Brioso and others.