Kelly Peterson Peral is University of Virginia’s Senior Lecturer in Oboe and Principal Oboe of the Charlottesville Symphony. Peral also frequently performs with Charlottesville Opera, Williamsburg Symphony, The Virginia Consort, and The Oratorio Society of Virginia. Her performance background includes extensive engagements with the Metropolitan Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, NYC Ballet, New Jersey Symphony, numerous Broadway shows, Palm Beach Opera, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, National Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School (MM) and Cleveland Institute of Music (BM). Her major teachers include Elaine Douvas, John Mack, Daniel Stolper, and David Goza.