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Breana Gilcher, MT-BC is an oboist, educator, certified massage therapist and board-certified Music Therapist based in Los Angeles. She performs throughout California in a variety of musical settings, playing classical orchestral music with groups such as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, LA Opera, Santa Barbara Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, new music with wild Up contemporary music collective and Jacaranda Music, and historic performance with Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. Breana also works extensively as a studio musician, contributing to scores for film and television. An avid improviser, Breana holds reverence for the unique way improvised music guides both musician and listener into the present. Her debut project in this medium was an album entitled Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail with her own electroacoustic chamber ensemble Petrichor.

Breana was Oboe Lecturer at University of California Santa Barbara from 2020-2023. In 2024 she created and taught a course called Anatomy for Musicians at CalArts, a class designed to help young artists prevent injuries by deepening their understanding of the body, at California Institute of the Arts.

Breana holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Therapy with specialized studies in Oboe Performance from Florida State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Oboe Performance from California Institute of the Arts. Her primary teachers were Dr. Eric Ohlsson and Dr. Allan Vogel, respectively. She has pursued additional studies of English horn with Carolyn Hove, Baroque oboe with Gonzalo Ruiz, and improvisation with Vinny Golia.

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Breana Gilcher is an oboe/English horn player and Certified Massage Therapist. Freelancing throughout California, she weaves between a myriad of musical environments such as classical orchestral playing, new music, film scores, historic performance, and improvisation. As a licensed massage therapist Breana helps musicians prevent and recover from injuries using Myofascial release therapy. She was Lecturer in Oboe at UC Santa Barbara from 2020-2023, and taught Anatomy for Musicians at California Institute of the Arts in 2024.