Olivia is a former student of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. During her studies she won the Evelyn Barbirolli Oboe Prize and the Harold Clark Woodwind Prize. She was awarded the TCM Trust Silver Medal for Wind, Brass and Percussion and the Audience Prize at the Gold Medal Showcase. She trained with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra as part of Trinity Laban’s orchestral partnership scheme. Following her studies, Olivia toured with Glyndebourne Opera as a participant of the Pit Perfect Graduate scheme.

Olivia enjoys a varied career of freelancing in the UK and abroad. She is a regular guest with many of London’s top orchestras, including The Orchestra of the Royal Opera and Ballet, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera and London Contemporary Orchestra.

Alongside her classical performance work, Olivia also has a love of musical theatre. She has worked extensively in London’s West End previously holding the oboe chair on Spirited Away at the London Coliseum, Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Theatre. 

Olivia can be heard on the soundtracks of numerous acclaimed films and television series. She has worked on major titles such as One Battle After Another, Apex, Bugonia, Matrix, Thunderbolts* and The Seven Dials Mystery.

 

Olivia plays on a mopane Howarth XM oboe