Marissa Honda

Classes taught at GCC: Music Appreciation

Marissa Honda is an oboist and educator living in Los Angeles, CA.

She has performed with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Pasadena Symphony amongst other Southern California orchestras. In 2014, she won the English Horn position with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra and received tenure in 2016 under music director Rei Hotoda. She is also an active freelancer in Los Angeles playing in recording orchestras for film and television, most recently including Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Star Trek: Discovery, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, and other projects.

She holds a Bachelors of Music degree from USC in Oboe Performance with a minor in communications, and a Masters of Music degree in Oboe Performance from USC. In 2017, she completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at USC in oboe performance, Music Teaching and Learning, Arts Leadership and Instrumental Conducting.

While in school at USC, she received the Thornton Outreach Program Award and upon finishing her DMA in Oboe Performance in 2017 was awarded the Music Teaching and Learning Departmental award. She is an active online professor, designing and teaching fully-online Music Fundamentals and Music Appreciation courses for Fresno City College and Glendale Community College.