Jennier Slowik

Jennifer Slowik is principal oboe with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera, assistant principal of Vista Philharmonic, and member of Emmanuel Music, where she regularly solos as part of their weekly Bach Cantata Series.

Ms. Slowik has been praised for her “silky phrases” “lovely solo moments” in The Boston Globe, and sound that “took on a larger-than-life quality” in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. Jennifer is a frequent performer with organizations all over New England and beyond, including the Boston Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and Boston Midsummer Opera.

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared with Boston Chamber Music Society, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Monadnock Music Festival, and the Trinity College Summer Chamber Music Series in Connecticut. She also premiered composer Livia Lin's Ju, for Solo Oboe winner of an Honorable Mention in the 2011 International Music Prize competition, and written especially for her.

Recent highlights include include BMOP's 25th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall,Boston Chamber Music Society's performance of Eric Nathan's Just A Moment for two antiphonal oboes, and Emmanuel Music's upcoming trip to the Bachfest Leipzig Music Festival in June 2024. She was also interviewed by the Boston Globe (May 2020) and The Arts Fuse (February 2021) about artist livlihoods and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ms. Slowik is featured on numerous recordings on the BMOP/sound label, including the 2020 Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Recording, The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Tobias Picker, Thomas Oboe Lee's Persephone, for oboe and strings., and Lisa Bielawa’s Synopsis #10 for solo English Horn