Once a full time oboist with the Nashville Symphony, multi-instrumentalist / singer /songwriter/improvisor Marianne Osiel can be heard on hundreds of recordings. During the years she was with the symphony, she also lead her own blues-pop band, the “Delta Elements”. Additionally, she has performed as a “sideman” for other artists, including John Hall (Orleans), Jo-el Sonnier, Ashley Cleveland, Rachel Sage, and others, with slide guitar, voice and oboe. She has written and recorded string quartet arrangements for songwriters who recognize her ability to weave in and out of a lyric, most notably on David Olney’s “Through A Glass Darkly” CD (1997).

Marianne’s own recordings as singer-songwriter-arranger include “Strange Girl”, and

“Full of Wholes I and II”. A later recording, “How The Light Gets In”, features Marianne

on oboe and English horn in improvised duets with four dynamically different

keyboardists from the New York area (Jordan Rudess, Denman Maroney, John Simon,

and Bob Barrows), as well as two live albums. Marianne was invited to become part of

the “Creative Improvisers Orchestra” (now in Kingston) in 2023 by Maestro Karl Berger. She is also excited to be part of the Woodstock Soundpainting group “Audiocanvas” that includes Steve Rust, Rick Warren, and other notable New York improvisors.