BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION with Performance Honors 

Lauren Schnicke is an oboist based out of West Michigan, pursuing a degree in Music Education. Lauren is an active educator in the marching arts and indoor pageantry arts, teaching music, visual, and drum majors across the state of Michigan. She is passionate about conducting, having been a drum major for Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps for 2 years. Lauren loves to perform for concert groups and orchestral pits, on oboe, english horn, and bass guitar. Lauren has been heavily influenced by her mentor, educator and father, Jonathan Schnicke. Aside from music, Lauren loves cooking, writing, and picking up a new hobby every month or so (as of right