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29 oboist reviews.
Monday, 29th June 2026
Katherine recently played at my mother’s funeral (music being important as she had been an oboist and pianist). Katherine played with great musicality, it was extremely moving and fitting to the occasion. We have received many comments saying how much people appreciated and were touched by her playing. Katherine was friendly, efficient and accommodating. We are very grateful.
Wednesday, 13th May 2026
Clare was wonderful and gracious and we recognized her as a huge compliment to all serenade strings - all of the musicians were TOP NOTCH PROFESSIONALS WHO ALL WORKED HARD TO COMPLETE OUR REQUESTED SET OF MUSIC . Our families and guests experienced emotional weekend full of sad memories but also joyous memories and were then soothed by such beautiful music and kind and compassionate performances as well as eloquence in announcements respecting our theme of Hospitality. We are all forever grateful for such a high caliber of exquisite professionalism and sophisticated performance that is etched into our memories forever. Our deepest gratitude and we feel blessed hugely by ‘Angels ‘ . We highly recommend Serenade Strings and then arrange for a top notch Oboist to accompany them . Our most grateful appreciation . Sincerely Gerald and Dermot. Wishing you all the best in your amazing work sure to please All who experience you. God speed and we pray protection over you as you travel ..
Tuesday, 26th August 2025
Emma played so beautifully during our wedding ceremony that many of the congregation were close to tears during her technically outstanding and moving performance (Albinoni and Gabriel’s Oboe). She is both an incredible musician and extremely amiable. Her communication and professionalism was faultless; we would highly recommend her.
Saturday, 26th October 2024
Emma’s performance at my husband’s Memorial Service was quite exceptional. She played ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ perfectly in a church packed with 200 people and I have been inundated with compliments. Emma was a delight to deal with: responsive, polite and sympathetic to my situation. I cannot recommend her more highly. Vicky Wade
Monday, 17th July 2023
Emma has incredible talent and truly made my father's funeral service. Emma is professional, reliable and wonderfully caring. I highly recommend.
Wednesday, 17th May 2023
Julia played brilliantly for our coronation celebration. Her Irish whistle solo of Danny Boy was one of the highlights of the evening and I am enormously grateful to her. She is not only a talented musician but also very professional being both punctual and diligent as well as being a delightful person to work with.
Monday, 10th April 2023
It was a real pleasure having Julia play. Julia was easy to work with in the planning, thoughtfully checking in on a few details I’d have missed otherwise. On the day arrived early to meet with other musicians and fitted in seamlessly to play with the others during the service. The solo of Gabriel’s Oboe was absolutely beautiful and many people commented on how wonderful and moving the piece was. Thank you again Anne
Monday, 27th February 2023
Excellent. Emma was on time for the rehearsal, positive in attitude and a great oboist. I thoroughly recommend her.
Wednesday, 23rd November 2022
Beautifully played version of Gabriel's Oboe at my Father's funeral. A sad day but a song he so loved and played so well by Penelope. Our deepest thanks.
Friday, 15th April 2022
Emma was delightful to work with, excellent musicianship and a real team player. I’d heartily recommend her to anyone.
Friday, 20th August 2021
Amazing, truly sensational
Saturday, 31st October 2020
Penny was excellent. She delivered a tricky Bach obligato with impressive fluency and stylish ornamentation. Rehearsal was a pleasure and the actual performance was cool headed and spot on.
Wednesday, 12th February 2020
Very reliable and professional.
Wednesday, 18th December 2019
Really easy to book - Simon responded quickly, arrived when he said he would and played the chosen piece beautifully. Excellent value for money. Stress free which (as booking was for a funeral) was much appreciated.
Tuesday, 21st May 2019
Excellent in every respect Charlie
Tuesday, 15th January 2019
Penelope was superb to work with on my recent Oboe Solos project. I was able to achieve everything I needed from the session. She was professional, had learnt the works through and I especially liked her considered feedback. We were able to explore the finer structure of the pieces, changing nuance and solving ways to apply techniques and sounds. The solos were played through twice and some a third time with other excerpts. Over the session I could hear the benefits of our process and appreciate the personality/character she gave to the pieces. I'm really grateful to have had the opportunity to explore the new works and really look forward to more collaborations in the future. Great thanks.
Sunday, 8th April 2018
We were totally satisfied with James. He did a great job playing pieces for our wedding ceremony - learned every piece we requested, played everything brilliantly, and dealt with a minor hiccup with equipment with very short notice without any issues at all. Strongly recommended, thanks James!
Tuesday, 20th March 2018
It really was the icing on the cake. So glad we decided on having a pianist play during our drinks reception. The music was not over powering, it just complimented the experience perfectly
Friday, 25th August 2017
Laura was very professional and brought a really enthusiastic attitude to the event which was great.
Friday, 25th August 2017
Emma was very professional, got stuck into the music with no bother and we benefited greatly from her musicianship and enthusiastic attitude to a rather unique event.
