Penelope Smith

As a much in demand freelance oboist, Penelope has worked with orchestras throughout the UK and Ireland such as the London Mozart Players, RTE Concert Orchestra, English Festival Orchestra, and Brandenburg Sinfonia. Her concerto performances include J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Oboe d’Amore with the Exeter Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s Concerto for Oboe with the Orchestra of Situation Opera, Agrell’s Oboe Concerto with the Amadè Players, Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe in D Minor and Holst’s Fugal Concerto with the Astor Palm Court Orchestra. In 2005, Penelope was awarded a full scholarship to Trinity College of Music, where she studied under Josephine Lively and Christopher O’Neal. During her time at Trinity she was invited to record works by Alan Hovhanness for Naxos with the TCM Wind Ensemble, and Haydn’s Nocturnes and Scherzandi for the British Haydn Society. Other recording projects include library music for Imagem Production Music and works for Sony Playstation. A successful audition for the National Youth Orchestra of Wales in 2008 saw Penelope perform in various concert halls in Wales, culminating in a side by side scheme with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. After graduating from Trinity College of Music with a BMus(Hons) degree in performance, Penelope went on to study at the Royal College of Music under the tutelage of David Theodore, Christopher Cowie and Christine Pendrill. She was the recipient of the Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Prize in 2011 and gained her Masters in Orchestral Performance (MPERF) in 2012.