Kenneth Dilks

A Rowan CMS Alumni Spotlight
Kenneth Dilks' Biography
Kenneth Dilks is an oboist who resides in Washington Township, New Jersey and a 2021 graduate of Rowan University. While at Rowan, Mr. Dilks won Rowan's Concerto Competition and was a recipient of Rowan's Presser Scholar award. Kenneth studied with Frank Rosenwein (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra), Harald Horth (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), and John Symer.
A native of south Jersey, Kenneth was a student of Rowan's Community Music School as a high school student. He took lessons with Dr. Mark Snyder and played in Rowan's Youth Orchestra for four years before attending Rowan University. Kenneth looks forward to growing the oboe studio at Rowan's Community Music School and working in the building that had a large impact on his musical career. Kenneth is an elementary general music teacher at Mary F. Janvier Elementary School in Franklinville, NJ.
Q&A with Kenneth Dilks
- Career after Rowan CMS?
- Career Prep at Rowan CMS?
- Favorite Memory of Rowan CMS/RYO?
- Years you participated in RYO?
- Who did you study with?
- Fun Fact?
- Advice for someone pursuing music?
Career after Rowan CMS?
- After being a student of Rowan CMS, I became a music teacher. I teach elementary school music at Mary F. Janvier Elementary School in Franklinville, NJ. I have been there for about a month now and it has been an amazing job so far. Before that I was covering a maternity leave position at Center City Elementary School in Mantua, NJ. I also work for Rowan Community Music School as an oboe teacher and the Assistant Conductor of Rowan Youth Orchestra. It has been an amazing experience to be a part of CMS as a student for 4 years, to be a student of the university for 4 years, and now to work back there.
Career Prep at Rowan CMS?
Favorite Memory of Rowan CMS/RYO?
Years you participated in RYO?
Who did you study with?
Fun Fact?
Advice for someone pursuing music?