Maddy Aldis-Evans - Oboist / Cor Anglais player / Composer
Education
1993 -1994: Royal Northern College of Music
Postgraduate diploma in Advanced Performance
1989 - 1993: Birmingham Conservatoire
Postgraduate diploma in Professional Studies (Performance)
BA (Hons) Music 2:1
A.B.S.M (composition with merit)
Professors
Oboe: Herr Bernd Holz (WDR, Cologne), Mr. J. Small (RLPO), Mr. R. Weigall (Ex. CBSO), Miss K. O'Connor (CBSO), Mr. Ralph Gomberg (Ex. Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Cor Anglais: Mr. T. Davey (Halle), Mr. G Browne (ENO)
Masterclasses with: Lady Barbaroli (1993), Melinda Maxwell (1993), Hans de Vries (1994), Paul Goodwin (1994), Omar Zoboli (1994), Douglas Boyd (2003).
Scholarships / Awards
1994 - RNCM Rawsthorn Prize (composition) / Princes Trust award
1993 - Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award
1992 - B'Ham Conservatoire BA Prize / Award for an Orchestral Composition
Professional Orchestral experience
Current position
Second Oboe / Cor Anglais: Anhaltisches Philharmonie , Dessau, Germany
Previous positions
2004 - 2005: Suedwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Konstanz (Second Oboe / Cor Anglais)
2000 - 2005: Kammerensemble Cologne, (Solo Oboe)
2000: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Principal Oboe of touring Orchestra)
Guest performances UK
Philharmonia Orchestra (Trial Cor Anglais 2005/ 2006)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Second oboe, Cor Anglais)
Camerata Europeana (Germany) (Second Oboe, Cor Anglais)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Second Oboe)
Halle Orchestra (Second Oboe and Cor Anglais)
London Concert Orchestra (Principal and Second Oboe)
London Festival Orchestra (Principal Oboe)
Manchester Camerata (Principal, Second Oboe and Cor Anglais. Including trial 1999)
Manchester Concert Orchestra (Oboe and Cor Anglais)
Opera North (Second Oboe)
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (Principal Oboe)
Philharmonie der Nationen (Germany) (Cor Anglais)
Viva (East of England Orchestra) (Principal, second oboe and Cor Anglais)
Guest performances Germany
Theatre Eisenach
Orchester Sondershausen
Camerata Europeana
Kammerorchester Gernerode
Solo Performances
2006: Bach Double Concerto with Martin Schulz (leader of Anhaltisches Philharmonie, Dessau) in Marienkirche, Dessau
2000-2005: Mozart Oboe Concerto, Albinioni D minor concerto, Cimerosa Oboe Concerto, Vivaldi D minor and A minor Concertos, Bach Double Concerto, Donizetti Concertino for Cor Anglais, Telemann Cor Anglais Concerto with Kammerensemble Cologne
2003: Albinoni D minor Oboe Concerto with Chorley Music Society
2000: Mozart Oboe quartet and Francaix Cor Anglais Quartet as guest with Missenus Ensemble Bolton
1999: Vivaldi D minor Oboe Concerto as guest soloist with Bolton Youth Orchestra
1993: Martinu oboe concerto with Conservatoire Sinfonia
Chamber Music
Oct 2007: Schiller trio for Oboe, Horn and Viola, Koetsier trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano, Arutunian trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano as part of the Anhaltishces Theater Chamber music series in the Schloss Georgium, Dessau.
Jan 2007: Poulenc Trio, Zelenka Sonata nr. 5 as part of the Anhaltisches Theater's Chamber music series in the Schloss Georgium, Dessau.
Ventus Wind Ensemble (1994 - 2004):
International Music Festival at Annecy, France in August 1996 and 1997.
Britten Peers School Wind Ensembles Course 1997.
Tour of Mallorca, Feb 1999.
Manchester Oboe Quartet:
Tour of Mallorca, November 2001.
Annecy International Music Festival August 1997.
