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Marea Chernoff [oboe, English horn] began studying oboe in Vancouver at the age of thirteen, and graduated from U.B.C. with a bachelor of music degree in 1995. She received an artist diploma from the Vancouver Academy of Music in 1997, and completed a master of music degree at Boston University in 1999. As a freelance musician in Vancouver, Marea plays principal oboe with Sinfonia Orchestra of the North Shore, and has played with Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Ballet B.C., Turning Point Ensemble, Abbotsford Symphony, and Prince George Symphony. She is also a member of the Ad Mare wind quintet. Marea is on faculty at Kwantlen University College, Trinity Western University, Douglas College and the UBC Summer Music Institute.