Dennis O'Boyle
Second Violin
Dennis O'Boyle joined the second violin section of the Pittsburgh Symphony in the fall of 2000 under Music Director Mariss Jansons, and attained the position of Fourth Chair in 2003. From September 2008 to the present he has been acting Assistant Principal Second Violin, pending auditions to fill this position permanently. Before arriving in Pittsburgh, Mr. O'Boyle spent three years in Florida as a fellow in Miami Beach's New World Symphony and subsequently as Principal Second Violin of the Florida Orchestra, Tampa Bay.
Since arriving in Pittsburgh, Mr. O’Boyle has been active in the musical life of the city, participating in many and varied chamber music performances around town. Recent notable appearances include the Schubert Octet with the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, George Crumb’s String Quartet “Black Angels” with the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project (one of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s top 10 classical performances of 2003), annual appearances in the Chamber Music Concert of the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, frequent performances in the Chatham University Chamber Music Series, and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s Mozart Anniversary Concerts. Mr. O’Boyle also teaches privately and coaches chamber music and sectionals with the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra. In addition, during the summer he regularly attends the prestigious Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming.
From a musical family, Dennis began studying the violin at the age of three with his mother and grew up surrounded by the sounds of string playing from her numerous students as well as his four sisters, who all went on to become professional musicians. Mr. O'Boyle spent his early childhood in Lincoln, Nebraska, but later the family spent five years in Peru and Chile, which was formative in cultivating his continuing passion for world travel.
Mr. O'Boyle holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, as a student of Oswald Lehnert. He earned his Master of Music Degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Ik Hwan Bae. He lives in Squirrel Hill with his wife, Anna Wukich, and their son, Henry.
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