b'PART3 : EVE OSBORN: THE TURNING POINTPlaying with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was always a childhoodI started in year 7 when my music teacher brought an oboe to class, dream for oboist Eve Osborn.gave it to me and said, good luck. The music teacher at my school was Now, as a member of one of the worlds leading orchestral trainingalways trying to get more people on the endangered instruments, so programs, that dream has come true. The young musician, whooboe, bassoon, French horn and viola. Id already played flute before that graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium last year, spent 2019 in anso he thought it would be a good instrument to transition from.intensive year-long program of practicing, rehearsing and performing,It was tough at the beginning when the oboe sounded, in her words, a receiving mentorship and guidance, and regular spots on stage with thelittle bit duck-like.band.Its all about persevering through that and realising the hard work that It is, she says, the turning point of her career. goes into getting a beautiful sound out. Its all worth it in the end.I wasnt sure what to expect but its exceeded all of my expectations, forEve is realistic about the prospect of finding a permanent position in an sure. We get to play in the big orchestral concerts like the subscriptionorchestra in Australia, considering that there is only one professional series, but we also get to do commercial concerts as well. Last year Isymphony orchestra in each state, plus a number of opera orchestras, got to play in two Harry Potter movies, which was really fun because Iveand each orchestra employs four full time oboe players at most. Small always been a fan! wonder, then, that when a new principal oboe is appointed they tend to The program also prepares the young musicians for the nuts and bolts ofstay in the position for many years. life as a professional orchestral musician.Its really a waiting game.In terms of administration, the program really keeps us not so muchSo as Eve approaches the end of her time in the SSO Fellowship, the on our toes, but it makes sure we stay on top of our emails, constantlyinevitable question is, what next?double-checking schedules, making sure we are in the right place at theMy answer is Im not entirely sure, she says. I do know that someday right time. Id love to have a full-time job in an orchestra somewhere in the world. It is, she says, all about bridging the gap between study and a career. In the mean time, Im very keen to go overseas, have a bunch of lessons, As well as performing with the full orchestra, the Fellows have a chancedo some concerts and maybe audition for schools over there to do a to shine in their own series of chamber music concerts.Masters.Im really looking forward to [the Riverside concerts] because I get toThe Sydney Symphony Fellowship appear in Songs of the North at play in the Britten Fantasy Quartet which is for oboe and strings. IdRiverside, September 1.never played with that instrumentation until last year when we did the Mozart Oboe Quartet.With a diary full of rehearsal and performance dates, Eve seems to be on the cusp of what promises to be an exciting professional career. But the oboe was not Eves first instrument.64'