Sarah Roper is the oboe tutor in the next masterclass on the afternoon of July 31 . Time: 2.00pm - 5.30pm Venue: Philharmonia Hall, 427 Dominion Rd, Auckland Proposed programme: Advanced masterclass Interview with Sarah Roper over afternoon tea. Performance by Sarah. Reed making - finishing a reed Sarah Roper was born in New Zealand but was already living in England by the age of three. She grew up in Gloucestershire before attending Chetham´s School of Music in Manchester and then went on to the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she studied the oboe with George Caird and Celia Nicklin, whilst reading music at London University simultaneously. At the RAM she was awarded the Robert Rendell prize. The “DAAD” (German government) scholarship enabled her to study at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Thomas Indermühle, attaining distinction for the postgraduate “Künstlerische Ausbildung 1” diploma. Sarah is Principal Oboe in the Real