Lindabeth Binkley joined the Tucson Symphony Orchestra as Principal Oboe in 1998. She has held positions with the Colorado Symphony, Arizona Opera, and Central City Opera. Originally from Michigan, Ms. Binkley holds degrees from Central Michigan University, The University of Colorado at Boulder and received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Arizona in May 2002. Her primary teacher was Roger Rehm, Professor of Oboe at Central Michigan University, with whom she began studying at age eleven until completion of her Bachelor of Music degree in 1992. Additional studies have included work with Neil Tatman, Peter Cooper, and Richard Killmer.

Critics have described Ms. Binkley’s playing as a “classic triumph of lightness, delicacy, and expressiveness”. During the 1999-2000 Tucson Symphony Season, Ms. Brinkley’s performance of W.A. Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 was named by the Arizona Daily Star as one of Tucson’s best classical concerts in a retrospective of the year’s classical music events. Highlights of her career also include participation in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (1992) and performing as Principal oboe of the National Repertory Orchestra (1996). She has also performed internationally with bassoonist Scott Pool and pianist Eric Stellrecht in recital at the 2000 International Double Reed Society Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.