Barry Davis

British classical oboe & cor anglais player, and Oboe Lecturer. Born 1948 in London, England, UK. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London. He joined the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the age of 19 as Sub-Principal Oboe and then spent three years as Principal Oboe with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester. On returning to London in 1974, he joined The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Cor Anglais and Co-Principal Oboe. Since 1976, he has also been a member of The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In 1980, he was invited to join the London Symphony Orchestra as Principal Oboe/Cor Anglais (1981-1985). He took up the post of Oboe Lecturer at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in August 1985.