Tamar Beach Wells, a founding member of the Borealis Wind Quintet, is principal oboist with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony. She has played with the Hartford Symphony, including hundreds of school outreach programs, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Berkshire Bach Ensemble and the Westchester Symphony, to name a few. She has toured nationally with Andrea Bocelli and has been a member of the Springfield Symphony and the Goodspeed Opera. In addition to the oboe, Tamar plays the English horn, oboe d’amore and bass oboe.

Tamar has taught at the Hartt School, the University of Connecticut and Sacred Heart University and maintains a studio at home. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Hartt where she studied with Humbert Lucarelli, and a Masters of Music from Juilliard, where she studied with Robert Bloom.