Cayden Bloomer, an oboist from Pacific Grove, is pursuing Bachelor of Music degree at the Herb Albert School of Music at UCLA. His oboe studies with Dr. Jonathan Davis led Bloomer to attend the Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts in Carmel, where he studied with Elaine Douvas. He also spent a summer at the Brevard Music Center studying with Eric Ohlsson, Emily Brebach, and Christopher Philpotts. Including the oboe—his favorite instrument–Bloomer is proficient on nine instruments and has received invitations to perform at prestigious events along the California Coast, including the Monterey Jazz Festival with the MJF All-Star Band and MocoHovo Vocal Ensemble, the San Jose Jazz Festival, the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, and the Carmel Bach Festival. Bloomer won first place as a chamber musician in the Young Artists’ Showcase Competition at the Carmel Bach Festival. After winning the annual YMM Concerto Competition, he performed the Mozart Oboe Concerto with the Youth Music Monterey Honors Orchestra. Following studies with Gabe Young at the Central Coast Academy for Jazz and Orchestra, Bloomer won a position playing the English horn in a worldwide orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Bloomer currently plays oboe and English horn in the California Young Artists Symphony, a preprofessional orchestra in Southern California.