Karen Gibbard (MMus DipABRSM) is a freelance oboist and professional member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM). She regularly performs in a variety of solo, chamber and orchestral settings. These engagements have included performances with the Gabrieli Players, New London Consort, London Handel Festival, Parley of Instruments, Dunedin Consort, Brook Street Band, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique and Brighton Early Music Festival, as well as a rare solo performance of Gordon Jacob's second oboe concerto and concerts with All Souls Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and the Orchestra of the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza at the New York Carnegie Hall. Karen studied baroque oboe with Katharina Spreckelsen and Gail Hennessy, and Karen recently completed The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) Experience 2010 scheme, funded by Ann and Peter Law. Prior to this Karen took part in the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique Advanced Studies Programme in Orchestral Training 2008-2010 and in 2008 she graduated with distinction from the MMus Oboe Performance – Orchestral Training course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, funded by the HR Taylor Charitable Trust and the Mercers' Company. Karen enjoys taking live music into community settings, having done a great deal of work in schools, hospitals and on various projects through Live Music Now!, LSO Discovery Scheme, City of London Festival, Brighton Early Music Festival and the OAE. Karen teaches both the oboe and recorder, and is registered with the British Suzuki Institute as one of the first Suzuki recorder teachers in the UK. "Karen is an exceptionally fine player with very powerful tone and immaculate execution. "
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