Matthew Jennejohn

After discovering Bach’s 2nd Brandenburg concerto at the age of 19, Matthew Jennejohn made a dramatic change in route from Sciences (and saxophone) to early music and now leads a very active career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician on the baroque oboe, cornetto and recorder, performing and recording with many of the leading early music ensembles in North America including Ensemble Arion, Tafelmusik, La Bande Montréal Baroque, Les Boréades, Les Voix Humaines, Constantinople, Les Voix Baroques, Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra.

Born in Vernon, raised in Golden and Cranbrook, he eventually studied early music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, McGill University and the University of British Columbia. He is frequently heard on CBC Radio and Radio-Canada and has recorded on the ATMA, CBC, Early-Music.com, CPO, Analekta and Naxos labels,

He teaches baroque oboe at McGill University in Montreal and has also recently began building and performing on his own cornettos.