Charlotte Brenton

Orchestral Positions Held

• Sinfonia Smith Square (Formerly Southbank Sinfonia)
  

Orchestral Experience:

• Ashford Choral Society,
  
• St Paul’s Knightsbridge Festival Orchestra,
  
• Aylesbury Choral Society, Oboe and Oboe D’amore
  
• Three Spires Choral Society
  
• Orion Orchestra, Principal Oboe
• Magna Carta Sinfonia, London, Principal Oboe
  
• Royal Holloway University Orchestra, Principal Cor Anglais
• Cambridge University Music Society Symphony Orchestra, Principal Oboe
  

Orchestral Training:

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama Symphony & Opera Orchestras, Principal Oboe
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama Wind Soloists, Selected via audition,
• Royal Academy of Music Musical Theatre Orchestra,

Chamber and Solo:

• The Christmas Orchestra UK Tour (deputy)
  
• Bach Ensemble, solo oboe with string quartet, Truro Cathedral,
  
• Truro Cathedral New Years Day Concert, solo oboe and oboe d’amore,
  

Musical Theatre/Opera:

• London Musical Theatre Orchestra ‘Sitz’
  
• St Richard Reynold’s Catholic School’s Production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
  
• Scherzo Ensemble, Longhope Opera,
  
• The Watford Playhouse, London, Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’ deputy,
  
• Julien Light Operatic Society, Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Ruddigore’ and ‘The Sorcerer’ 
• LambertJacksonProductions; Lerner and Loewe’s ‘Camelot’ (deputy)
  

Competitions:

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama Oboe Prize; Winner
  
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama Cor Anglais Competition; Joint winner

Outreach Experience:

• Music For Schools Foundation, Buckinghamshire, 2025
• Southbank Sinfonia: Coin Street Early Years, Musical Zoo and Side by Side school projects
  
• Peterborough Music Hub Outreach Project, Woodwind Demo Leader, November  
  

Education:

• Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  
• MMus in Music; Guildhall Artist Masters – Orchestral Artistry - Distinction
• Bachelor of Music; Oboe Principal Study Performance – Upper Second Class Degree
• Royal Academy of Music,
• Certificate of Higher Education: Principal Study Performance

Referees

• Alison Teale – Oboe Professor, Gordon Hunt – Oboe Professor, Fraser MacAulay – Oboe Professor
• Jane Marshall – Cor Anglais Professor