Joseph Celli (Connecticut) is the only oboist in America who has devoted his career to the performance of new and experimental music. For the past eighteen years Celli has commissioned and collaborated with composers to create an extensive body of new work for oboe and English horn. These works range from solo acoustic works to works with ensembles, live electronics, multimedia works and improvisation. Over the past decade Celli has studied and worked with the musics of Africa, India, and recently, Asia.