Oboe/English Horn

Janet Popesco Archibald holds the positions of Solo English Horn with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Co-Principal Oboe with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.

A San Francisco native, Ms. Archibald attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her principal oboe instructors were Marc Lifschey and Adrian Gnam. Janet has participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, and Elkhorn at Sun Valley, Idaho music festivals. As a fellowship participant at Yale University's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, she was hailed by The New York Times as a "particularly impressive" young artist.

Ms. Archibald has appeared as a soloist on both the oboe and the English Horn with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and has soloed on the English Horn with the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. She served as Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Opera's touring affiliate, the Western Opera Theater Orchestra, for five national tours. For many years she served as Principal Oboe of the Lake Tahoe Summer Music Festival, and for 22 years was a member of the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Preparatory/Adult Extension department. She has also been a member of the music faculty at both San Francisco State University and the University of California at Santa Cruz.

When not chained to her reed-making desk, Janet likes to run and to travel with her husband Jay, an international tour guide.