Tim Watts
Oboe


Timothy Watts studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music where he won an exhibition, the Countess of Munster and Myra Hess awards and the Joy Boughton Prize for oboe. In addition to guest appearances as Principal Oboe with the English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Timothy has played with the Welsh National Opera, frequently as Principal Oboe, and has also worked with many of London’s leading symphony and chamber orchestras as well as playing for film sound tracks and West End shows. 

Timothy is is a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is Principal Oboe for English Touring Opera and Southern Sinfonia. He has been Principal Oboe of the City of Oxford Orchestra for ten years.