Lydia Morency is a junior at Germantown High School. She has been playing the oboe for six years and studies with Suzanne Geoffrey. This is her fourth year playing with various MYSO orchestras.

Lydia is the winner of the 2024 MYSO Senior Symphony Concerto Competition, the 2024 Waukesha Area Symphonic Band Concerto Competition, and the 2023 Racine Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition. She has also participated in several Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Honors Projects and WSMA State Music Festivals, earning two exemplary performance nominations. Lydia has performed in master classes with Emily Pailthorpe, Andrew Parker, and Lindabeth Binkley.

In addition to playing in the Germantown High School Wind Symphony, Lydia plays xylophone in the school’s Wall of Sound marching band and is a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Outside of music, Lydia has earned multiple academic excellence awards, is a National Honor Society member, and actively participates in her school’s yearbook club.

Lydia is delighted to be performing a double oboe concerto with Abby and the MYSO Chamber Orchestra!