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Karen Ages

Karen Ages

Second Oboe

Karen Ages has held the position of second oboe and English horn with the Niagara Symphony since 1994. A freelance musician in the Toronto area for many years, she has also played with other orchestras, including Opera York, Toronto Sinfonietta, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Kingston Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Ontario Philharmonic, and Symphony New Brunswick. For many years she played traditional drums with Kekeli African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and with Gamelan Toronto (traditional Indonesian music ensemble). Since 2005, Karen has participated in Murray Schafer’s summer project And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon, in the wilderness of the Haliburton Forest.