Maureen Naomi Farkash is a private studio instructor in oboe, flute, recorder, and piano in the Greater Tampa Bay Area. She is also an accomplished soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. She performs for an array of audiences. Her musical travels have spanned the United States, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Canada, and Australia. Her musical travels have given her a global perspective that has contributed to the embodiment of her core beliefs about education.

As an Education Consultant and Manager of Global Relations to the internationally-renowned Sphinx Organization, Ms. Farkash has developed specialized curricula for implementation in underrepresented communities, in addition to organizing multiple global convenings with leaders and educators from nine different countries. As an educator and an accomplished teaching artist with advanced degrees, she has also developed systems to build and maintain excellent rapport with students, parents, and colleagues, while maintaining strong, trusting relationships.

She was formerly on staff at Southern Illinois University and has performed for college and grade school classrooms, as well as corporate firms across the United States. She also held principal oboe positions with the Orquesta de Sinaloa de las Artes in Culiacan, Mexico as well as the New York Repertory Orchestra, the Greenwich Village Orchestra, Astoria Symphony, and the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. Maureen has also held positions as the music instructor at the Denver Center for International Studies and the International School of Denver. 

Maureen Farkash is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Music), the University of Michigan, and Southern Illinois University (Master’s degree). Her primary teachers were Nancy King, Richard Killmer, and Humbert Lucarelli. Maureen also holds a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver.