Geoffrey Deemer has served as Principal Oboe of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia since 2002. He has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony. He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Woodhams, Principal Oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and played principal oboe with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. "Among the most consummate musical artists" in the region, he has performed concerti with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and Schola Nova, and soloed in Bach cantatas and orchestral suites at the Verbier Festival, Switzerland. Mr. Deemer is the soloist in a recording of Philadelphia composer Romeo Cascarino's "Blades of Grass," under the baton of Joann Falletta (Naxos), which was considered one of the "hottest new releases" by BBC Radio-3. He serves on faculty at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music and Franklin & Marshall College.