On Tuesday, May 25, meet Karen Rotenberg, Principal Oboe of the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, in the next installment of our Meet the Orchestra Zoom series featuring Maestro Denis Mastromonaco and guests! These casual, interactive, free Zoom sessions are perfect opportunities to learn about featured instruments, listen to short performances, and take part in Q&A sessions with members of Canada’s leading hybrid orchestra!
Meet the Orchestra: Karen Rotenberg, Principal Oboe – Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30pm. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
Karen Rotenberg received her Bachelor of Music in Performance with Honours from the University of Toronto in 1979. Since that time, she has been an active freelance musician in the Toronto area. She has been a member of the National Ballet Orchestra since 1983 and the Esprit Orchestra since 1989. She joined the Mississauga Symphony as principal oboist in 1981. Karen has also worked extensively in musical theatre, including productions of Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music , The Secret Garden and Wicked. Through her association with the Mississauga Symphony, Karen has also worked for the Peel Board of Education in the “Meet-A-Musician” program in which she has introduced the oboe to hundreds of school children each year.
More recently, Karen has been involved with a program which partners musicians with residents of a long-term care facility in Toronto. She is able to share her love of music and the oboe with different residents via Skype. Karen is also pursuing online her life-long interest in all things French. She looks forward to the day when both concerts and conversations can once again take place in person.
