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Penelope Smith

Oboe

Professional Experience

Trials

  • RTÉ Concert Orchestra – principal oboe no. 2 doubling cor anglais (June 2022-April 2024)

Freelance Orchestral

  • Royal Northern Sinfonia – 2nd oboe
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales – 2nd oboe
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – 2nd oboe
  • Ulster Orchestra – guest principal
  • London Concert Orchestra – 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • Bath Philharmonia – 2nd oboe
  • Southern Pro Musica – 2nd oboe
  • Southern Sinfonia – guest principal
  • Manchester Concert Orchestra – 2nd oboe, oboe d’amore, cor anglais
  • London Mozart Players – 2nd oboe
  • RTÉ Concert Orchestra – guest principal, 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • Brandenburg Sinfonia – 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • Orpheus Sinfonia – 2nd oboe
  • English Festival Orchestra – guest principal, 2nd oboe
  • Bampton Classical Opera – 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • Festival Chamber Orchestra – principal, 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • City Chamber Ensemble – 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • Jersey Chamber Orchestra – principal, cor anglais
  • The Outcry Ensemble – 2nd oboe, cor anglais

Chamber

  • Josh Groban ‘Stages’ and ‘Bridges’ Tours of Ireland – principal, cor anglais

Training

  • National Youth Orchestra of Wales and collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales – cor anglais
  • Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms Plus – principal, 2nd oboe, cor anglais

Recording Work

  • Façade Ensemble (debut album) – 2nd oboe, cor anglais
  • British Haydn Society (Haydn’s Nocturnes and Scherzandi) – principal
  • Naxos album of works by Alan Hovhaness with TCM Chamber Ensemble – principal, 2nd oboe
  • Sony Playstation television commercial – principal
  • Library music for Imagem Productions – oboe, cor anglais

Solo

  • J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Oboe d’Amore with the Exeter Symphony Orchestra
  • Agrell’s Concerto for Oboe with the Amadè Players
  • John Cage’s Ryoanji with the New Perspective Ensemble
  • Haydn’s Concerto for Oboe with the Orchestra of Situation Opera

Scholarships & Awards

  • Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Prize at the Royal College of Music (2011)
  • Trinity College of Music – full scholarship (2005 – 2009)

Education

  • Royal College of Music – Masters in Performance (MPERF), 2:1 (2010 – 2012)
    • Professors: Christopher Cowie, David Theodore, Christine Pendrill                                      
  • Trinity College of Music, London – BMUS (Hons) in Performance, 2:1 (2005 – 2009)
    • Professors: Josephine Lively, Christopher O’Neal
  • Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Junior School (2002 – 2005)


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Instruments
Oboe, Cor Anglais