Filipino bassoonist Vince Ocampo is an orchestral musician and music educator. Growing up in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines, he first found his musical inspiration from the local wind and brass band marching in the streets of Alfonso during the San Juan Nepumuceno feast day. Vince decided to join the band and there learned his first musical instrument, the tenor saxophone. In one of the bands’ formal concerts, Vince saw the bassoon for the first time and became inspired to learn to play the instrument. He then decided to take up music as a career path and pursued a music performance degree in bassoon in college. He has inspired many Filipino musicians to travel abroad as an international students to further their musical studies.

As an orchestral musician, Vince is currently in his sixth season as the  Principal  Bassoonist of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. His past orchestral engagements include the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the Manila Symphony Orchestra, the Roswell Symphony Orchestra, the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Lubbock Chamber Orchestra. He has participated in several prestigious music festivals, such as the Asian Youth Orchestra, Round Top Music Festival, Domaine Forget, and was invited as a bassoon fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Teachers he studied with at these festivals include Nancy Goeres, Per Hannevold, Drew Pattison, Kristin Wolfe Jensen, and Ole Kristian Dahl.

As a soloist, Vince has won several concerto competitions. Vince performed Gioachino Rossini’s Concerto for Bassoon in Bb with the Longy Conservatory Orchestra under the direction of Jullian Pellicano, and Bernhard Crusell’s Concertino for Bassoon in Bb with the Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Becker. Vince won the 2nd prize at the National Music Competition for Young Artists in Manila. He appeared as a finalist at the Asian Double Reed Society bassoon competition in Thailand.

Vince currently teaches private bassoon lessons and master classes in Prosper ISD, Little Elm ISD, and North Mesquite ISD in the DFW metroplex. Vince's past teaching experience includes: virtual master classes to young bassoonists in the Philippines, as the bassoon teaching assistant at Prof. Richard Meek’s studio at TTU School of Music, and taught at Bocal Majority summer bassoon camp.

He has received his degrees at the University of Santo Tomas (BM), Longy School of Music of Bard College (MM, GPD), and Texas Tech University (DMA). His primary teachers have been  Adolfo Mendoza, Mathew Ruggiero, Suzanne Nelsen, Adrian Morejon, and Richard Meek.