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Alun Darbyshire
Oboe
Orchestral Experience
Principal Oboe - Glyndebourne Touring Opera 1997 – 2006
Guest Principal Oboe with –
 Philharmonia (& Cor anglais)
London Philharmonic Orchestra 
 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
 Royal Scottish National Orchestra
 BBC Symphony Orchestra
 BBC Concert Orchestra
 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
 BBC National Orchestra of Wales
 Halle Orchestra
 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
 Academy of St Martin in the fields
 English Chamber Orchestra
 London Mozart Players
 Northern Sinfonia
 Irish Chamber Orchestra
 London Sinfonietta
 Birmingham Contempary Music Group
 Auckland Philharmonia
 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (& Cor Anglais)
 English National Opera Orchestra
 Garsington Opera
Solo and Chamber Music
 Performed as soloist with London Festival Orchestra, Northern Chamber Orchestra,
 Brighton Philharmonic, Adderbury Ensemble and Northern Sinfonia.
 As a member of Ovid Ensemble (oboe, piano and strings) performed in Wigmore Hall,Purcell Room and Bridgewater Hall.
 Appeared extensively on BBC Radio 3 including performance of Mozart and Britten Oboe Quartets with Ovid Ensemble and featured as a soloist in their ‘Young Artists Forum’ and‘In Tune’.
 Performed with English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble.
 Recorded Albinoni  and Marcello concertos with Adderbury Ensemble , Robert Saxton’s ‘Arias’  with John Mcabe (piano)  and works for Oboe and Strings by Hilary Tan.
Teaching and Coaching
Private oboe teaching.
 Taken sectional rehearsals for Trinity College of Music and North Wales Youth Orchestra.
 Oboe masterclasses for music authorities in North Wales and Jersey.
 Participated in ‘Live Music Now’ scheme for several years giving interactive concerts in schools, care homes etc.
 Acted as external examiner for Trinity College of Music.
 Taken part in education workshops for Glyndebourne Opera and Philharmonia Orchestra.
Education
Studied oboe with Sidney Sutcliffe and Christopher Cowie.
| 1989-93 1993-95 | Scholarship to study with Michael Winfield at Royal College of Music. Won Joy Boughton Memorial Prize. Gained GRSM and Dip RCM(Teachers) Studied with Heinz Holliger at Freiburg Hochschule fur Musik. Gained Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction. | 
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