Jennifer Slowik

Festival Orchestra (‘23, ‘25)

Jennifer Slowik is principal oboe with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera, 2nd oboe/English Horn with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and a 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, including the Boston Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony, and Vermont's JUNO Orchestra.

Recent highlights include the world premiere of Gatsby: An American Myth with the American Repertory Theater, BMOP's 25th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall, and Boston Chamber Music Society's performance of Eric Nathan's Just A Moment for two antiphonal oboes. She was also interviewed by the Boston Globe (May 2020) and The Arts Fuse (February 2021) about artist livelihoods 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.