Description: George Caird enjoys a highly diverse life in music and the arts, having held leading positions in UK and European conservatoires whilst also performing as solo oboist, chamber musician and orchestral player and continuing a teaching career of more than 45 years.
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George Caird enjoys a highly diverse life in music and the arts, having held leading positions in UK and European conservatoires whilst also performing as solo oboist, chamber musician and orchestral player and continuing a teaching career of more than 45 years
Oboist, teacher and educator, George Caird enjoys a highly diverse life in music and the arts, holding leading positions in UK and European conservatoires and performing as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player.
Educated at the Royal Academy of Music , Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold and Peterhouse Cambridge, George developed his oboe playing career in London from 1972 as well as teaching at the Royal Academy of Music from 1984. In 1987, he became Head of Woodwind and Orchestral Studies at the RAM and subsequently was appointed as Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 1993, a post he held for seventeen years.