Georgette Patricio is a music performance librarian and oboist, currently based in the Baltimore area. She has served as a music librarian in both ensemble and academic settings. Georgette currently serves as the Ensemble Librarian at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where she prepares music for the Peabody Institute’s large ensembles (conservatory and preparatory), oversees the T. Rowe Ensemble Library collection, and mentors a team of Ensemble Library graduate assistant and interns. Previously, she worked in the music libraries of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra, Interlochen Center for the Arts, San Diego Symphony, and other performance organizations in Southern California.
A versatile performing artist on the oboe and English horn, Georgette enjoys concertizing in various genres, from opera to video game music. She is an active freelancer and has performed with groups such as the Wisconsin Philharmonic, the San Diego City Ballet Orchestra, the Pacific Lyric Association, and the Left Coast Quintet. She has premiered works for up-and-coming composers and collaborated with notable artists, including Chloe Agnew, a member of the Celtic group, Celtic Woman. When not performing, Georgette teaches privately to students on the piano and oboe.
Aside from her involvement in producing music, Georgette advocates for Asian American representation in music and media. She has led and managed cultural events to promote diversity in the community, given attention to non-binary and female POC artists, and advocated for global causes affecting music education. From her studies, she has submitted several theses on the topic of Filipinx and Filipinx-American music. Her master’s thesis, “With The Butterfly Sleeves Naka Filipiniana”: Contemporary Study of Filipinx American Women in Popular Music, was presented at the 2024 Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Conference in Houston, TX.
Georgette Patricio has earned several degrees in music history, library science, oboe performance, and arts management from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Denver, and the California State University, Long Beach. Her former primary oboe teachers were Katherine Young Steele, Claire Brazeau, and Sarah Skuster. She has also studied with Joseph Stone, Jessica Pearlman, and Electra Reed O’Mara. Her piano teacher was Bobby J. Hearns.
She plays on a Marigaux 920 Altu Noir oboe and an F. Lorée Royal English horn.