Sarah Jeffrey
Sarah Jeffrey | |
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| Born | London, Ontario, Canada |
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| Instrument | Oboe |
| Website | www |
Sarah Jeffrey is an internationally recognized Canadian oboist and teacher.[1]
Career
[edit]Jeffrey is Principal Oboe with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, a position she assumed in the 2005-2006 season,[2] occupying the Cathy and Liddy Beck Principal Oboe Chair.[3] She had previously been principal oboe with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and Windsor Symphony Orchestra.
She is a faculty member at the University of Toronto, and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music.[1]
Performances and recordings
[edit]Jeffrey has performed as a chamber musician with Trio Arkel and Amici Chamber Ensemble.[4]
On 22 May 2008, Jeffrey and violinist James Ehnes performed the Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[5] Four years later, Jeffery would perform this work with violinist Itzhak Perlman and the TSO.
Jeffrey performed on 15 March 2015 with Trio Arkel in the Mozart Oboe Quartet[6] and the Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings by Benjamin Britten.[7]
Sarah Jeffrey and her husband Gabriel Radford, who is a French hornist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, recorded Ronald Royer's Rhapsody for Oboe and French horn in 2017, a work commissioned for them to perform together.[8][9]
Sarah Jeffrey has recorded the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Chandos Records in 2017.[10] The recording was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Classical Compendium and Best Producer, with the latter nomination winning the Grammy Award. The recording won a Juno Award for Best Classical Orchestra recording. One music critic described Jeffrey's performance as "perhaps the finest recording of the piece ever made."[11]
On 27, 28, and 29 September 2019, Jeffrey performed the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[12] One reviewer stated that "There could be nothing but praise for the exquisitely autumnal tone of this player in the Andante and the delightful articulation of the finale. Cadenzas spoke with the human quality for which the instrument is renowned, at least when played like this."[13]
Sarah Jeffrey participated in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performance of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll conducted by Peter Oundjian near the end of his tenure as Music Director with the orchestra.[14]
Jeffrey has continued as Principal Oboe with the TSO under the current directorship of Gustavo Gimeno, performing in his inaugural concert which included the Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2.[15]
On 14 March 2020, Jeffrey performed the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by music director Gemma New.[16]
In June 2021, Jeffrey performed the Mozart Oboe Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[17]
On 26, 27, 29, 30 March 2025, Sarah Jeffrey performed the Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds with pianist Angela Hewitt and principal players of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[18]
On 23 November 2025, Jeffrey will participate in a concert at St. John the Evangelist Church in London, Ontario, Canada with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists.[19] She will perform the Oboe Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059R by J.S. Bach and also the Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R by J. S. Bach with violinist Jonathan Crow, concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Personal
[edit]Sarah Jeffrey and her husband Gabriel Radford live in Toronto. They have two children.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Principal Oboe". Toronto Symphony Orchestra. April 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Sarah Jeffrey. Faculty, The Glenn Gould School. https://www.rcmusic.com/bios/sarah-jeffrey#:~:text=Sarah%20Jeffrey%20is%20principal%20oboe,Qu%C3%A9bec%2C%20and%20Windsor%20Symphony%20Orchestra.
- ^ Sarah Jeffrey Principal Oboe. https://www.tso.ca/about/orchestra/members-of-the-orchestra/sarah-jeffrey
- ^ Irving, Cathy (March 31, 2017). "Oboist Sarah Jeffrey hosts This Is My Music". CBC Music. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Substitute violinist conducted himself beautifully, but the TSO was another story., May 22, 2008, retrieved 2025-05-09
- ^ Sarah Jeffrey and Trio Arkel, Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F Maj, KV 370., March 15, 2015, retrieved 2025-05-06
- ^ Trio Arkel, Sarah Jeffrey, Benjamin Britten, Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Op 2., March 15, 2015, retrieved 2025-05-06
- ^ Rhapsody for Oboe and French horn by Ron Royer, March 15, 2015, retrieved 2025-05-06
- ^ NEW CD RELEASE: Canadian Panorama Winds of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra Ronald Royer, conductor . https://www.spo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/MEDIA-RELEASE-Canadian-Panorama.pdf
- ^ Concerto for Oboe by Ralph Vaughan Williams with Sarah Jeffrey oboe, October 15, 2017, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ TSO Brings Brilliant Bach to North York. https://myscena.org/paul-e-robinson/concert-review-tso-brings-brilliant-bach-to-north-york/
- ^ Interview with Sarah Jeffrey. https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2019/09/24/interview-sarah-jeffrey-talks-taking-strauss-oboe-concerto-tso/
- ^ Arthur Kaptainis review. https://myscena.org/arthur-kaptainis/tso-gets-the-strauss-part-just-right/
- ^ Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Peter Oundjian · Toronto Symphony Orchestra., October 15, 2017, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 · Gustavo Gimeno · Toronto Symphony Orchestra., October 15, 2019, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ Hamilton Phil & Gemma announce 2019/20 season. https://www.primoartists.com/news/hamilton-phil-gemma-new-announce-2019-20-season
- ^ Toronto Symphony | Sarah Jeffrey Plays Mozart. https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/toronto-symphony-sarah-jeffrey-plays-mozart/
- ^ Angela Hewitt Plays Mozart. https://tso-files.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/3_Angela+Hewitt+Plays+Mozart.pdf
- ^ The Jeffery Concerts. https://tickets.grandtheatre.com/11651
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