Joe Harper

Oboe

Professional Orchestral

• English National Opera – 2nd Oboe

• English National Ballet - 2nd Oboe

• Royal Ballet Sinfonia – 2nd Oboe & Cor Anglais

• London Concert Orchestra – Principal, 2nd Oboe

• English Touring Opera – Principal, 2nd Oboe, Cor Anglais

• English Festival Orchestra – Principal

• British Sinfonietta – Principal

• Southern Sinfonia - Cor Anglais

• Orpheus Sinfonia – 2nd Oboe

•    Covent Garden Sinfonia – 2nd Oboe
•    Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra – 2nd Oboe
•    Regent’s Opera – Principal
•    Rosenau Sinfonia – 2nd Oboe & Cor Anglais
•    Ensemble OrQuesta/Hastings Philharmonic – Principal
•    British Symphony Orchestra – Principal & Cor Anglais
•    Mozart Symphony Orchestra – 2nd Oboe & Cor Anglais
•    Outcry Ensemble – Principal
•    Kantanti Ensemble – Principal
•    The Faust Ensemble/Chamber Orchestra – Principal
•    Ad Parnassum, alongside Teatro La Fenice – Principal
•    London Festival Sinfonia – 2nd Oboe
•    Amadeus Orchestra – Principal
•    Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra – Principal, 2nd Oboe & Cor Anglais
•    Surrey Opera – Principal & Cor Anglais
•    St Paul’s Sinfonia – Principal & Cor Anglais
•    Docklands Sinfonia – Principal & Cor Anglais

Recordings, Commercial and Sessions

• Heart of England Philharmonic - Oboe and Cor Anglais; The Who 2023’

• London Symphonic Rock Orchestra; Il Divo – UK Christmas Tours 2021, 2022 · Queen Machine with Kerry Ellis, 2022

•    Morgan Pochin – ‘Light Up Christmas’, 2019
•    Musiversal
•    ‘The Singing Book, 3rd Edition’, Singing instruction book – Publisher; W. W. Norton & Company
•    ‘Dress Me in Dark Dreams’, ‘The Poisoned Soul’ and ‘The Blind Painter’, Dark Shadows Series, Audiobook Soundtrack – Big Finish Productions Ltd
•    ‘Fatalis’, Feature length film soundtrack – Twilite Mic Productions

Educational and Outreach Projects
•    Contemporary music collaboration with members of Ensemble MusikFabrik (Cologne) – 2016
•    Bombay Chamber Orchestra – 2015 & 2016; alongside O/Modernt Kammarorkester (Stockholm) – Principal, 2016
•    Animate Orchestra, in conjunction with LPO – Tutor Team, 2011-2014

Awards and Prizes

•    Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Competition, Winner (2015)
•    June Emerson Wind Chamber Music Launchpad Prize (2013)
•    Wilfred Hambleton Chamber Music Prize (2011)
•    EMI Music Sound Foundation Award (2011)
•    Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation, Royal Philharmonic Society (2010)

Education

•    Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London
o    PGDip Music Performance (2014-2016) with Distinction
o    BMus (Hons) Music Performance (2009-2013) 2:1
Professors: David Thomas, Chris O’Neal, Jo Lively, Ruth Bolister
Scholarships: The Drapers Music Scholar (2015-16), Trinity Laban Scholarship Fund (2014-16), TCM Trust Scholarship Award (2011)
References: Ruth Bolister, Maxwell Spiers

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Instruments
Oboe, Cor Anglais, Oboe d'Amore