Renown for her “gorgeous singing tone” and “sensitive musicality”, (Winnipeg Free Press) Caitlin Broms-Jacobs enjoys a multifaceted career of orchestral, recital, chamber music, and concerto performances.  She is the principal oboist of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, a position she has held since 2009.  Caitlin has been lauded as “always sublime”, and “a delightfully musical player, with elegant tone and delivery” (Winnipeg Free Press).  Caitlin has appeared several times as a soloist with the MCO, playing concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, and others. Caitlin’s solo and chamber music performances were featured on the MCO’s 2021 livestream concert series, and her recent arrangement and performance with her MCO colleagues of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations was highly regarded.  In April 2022, Caitlin was  featured as soloist with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra for the premiere of Prayer in a Green Cathedral, a new oboe concerto written especially for her by one of Canada’s finest composers, Kevin Lau.

 

Caitlin can often be heard performing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra as guest principal oboist; she has played countless concerts with the WSO, including numerous performances in the pit for the Manitoba Opera and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.  Caitlin has appeared on several occasions as a valued guest principal for the Calgary Philharmonic, as well as for the Group of 27 Chamber Orchestra.  She has performed with orchestras across Canada including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the National Ballet Orchestra and has performed frequently as principal for Canzona Chamber Choir and MusikBarock ensemble, playing oboe, oboe d’amore, and English Horn in concerts of music by J.S. Bach.

 

Caitlin served as principal oboist of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, and has played under esteemed conductors such as Andrey Boreyko, Jun Markl, JoAnn Falletta, Nello Santi, Yakov Kreizberg, Bramwell Tovey, Daniel Raiskin, and Anne Manson. Caitlin previously held the position of principal oboist of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. 

 

An avid chamber musician, Caitlin has presented numerous recitals in Winnipeg and across Canada, and has been featured for many seasons on Winnipeg’s Millennium recital series.  Her performances with pianist Madeline Hildebrand have been greatly appreciated for their expressive music making, compelling and unusual repertoire, as well as for the duo’s captivating spirit. 

 

Caitlin premiered contemporary works for oboe and English Horn for Groundswell New Music as a soloist and with chamber ensemble; her performances have been broadcast on CBC radio and Classic 107.   Caitlin was the Artistic Director and co-founder of the highly successful Liberty Village New Artist Series, a series of chamber music concerts held at the Academy of Spherical Arts in Toronto in 2009. 

 

Originally from Toronto, Caitlin studied with Keith Atkinson at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Performance Academy.  She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Richard Killmer. Caitlin furthered her studies with San Francisco Symphony Orchestra principal oboist Eugene Izotov.