Abigail Hawthorne is a freelance oboist and private teacher in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She holds the second oboe / English horn position with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Symphony Orchestra, McKinney Philharmonic, and the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a section oboe position with the Dallas Winds, and has performed orchestrally on oboe, English horn, oboe d'amore, bass oboe, and Baroque oboe across the country (TX, TN, NY, KS, CO, FL, LA, NC) and abroad (England, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Austria).

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Abby enjoys sharing the joy of music with students and maintains a studio of middle to high school oboists.

She is an adjunct faculty member in oboe at Dallas College and teaches privately in Richardson ISD.