About JMOC
The John Mack Oboe Camp is an intense series of master classes for oboists. All classes are group classes with students performing standard etudes, solos, and orchestral excerpts. Admission is open to college-age oboists, professionals, teachers, and a limited number of advanced high school oboists.
JMOC was founded in 1976 by Joseph Robinson. It is held at Wildacres Retreat, located near Little Switzerland, North Carolina. Wildacres is a place of supreme beauty in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it is committed to advancing the arts, natural sciences, religion, and the betterment of human relations.
Wildacres Retreat
Wildacres Retreat is a place of supreme beauty in the Blue Ridge Mountains, committed to advancing the arts, natural sciences, religion, and the betterment of human relations. At an elevation of 3,300 feet, Wildacres is situated on 1,600 acres atop Pompey's Knob, a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little Switzerland, North Carolina.
Wildacres is owned and operated by Mr. Philip Blumenthal and his family from Charlotte, NC. The Blumenthal family has owned and operated Wildacres for charitable purposes since 1946, and JMOC has been held at Wildacres since the camp’s founding in 1976.
For more information on the facilities, visit www.wildacres.org.
John Oboe Mack
John Mack was the principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1965 to 2001. He reigned as dean of American oboists for several decades and considered it his life’s mission to teach music. His students, who hold positions in nearly every major orchestra in the country, continue this tradition every summer at the John Mack Oboe Camp.