Roger Cole
Principal Oboe
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
CBC Radio Orchestra
Roger Cole has been principal oboist of the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra since 1976. He received his early musical training in Seattle, Wash. where he studied with Bernard Shapiro, principal oboist of the Seattle Symphony. He went on to become a scholarship student at Yale University and The Juilliard School where he studied with the renowned, American oboist, Robert Bloom.Mr. Cole has participated in summer music festivals at Aspen, Tanglewood, Marlboro, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. He performs regularly in solo and chamber music recitals and has appeared as soloist with the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra many times. He has collaborated with Vancouver pianist Linda Lee Thomas on a CD for the CBC entitled "The Expressive Oboe".
Mr. Cole teaches at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Academy of Music. He has given master classes at Western Washington University, the University of Victoria, Indiana University and the University of Illinois. He also teaches many private students in his home studio.
Mr. Cole was named Music Director and Senior Orchestra Conductor of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra in June 2003.
In past summers Mr. Cole has taught and performed at the Courtenay Youth Music Centre, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada the Marrowstone Music Festival and the Banff Centre. Since 1998 he has been the principal oboist of the Carmel Bach Festival in California.
