Nermir Mieses, oboe

Nermis Mieses is the Associate Professor of Oboe at Michigan State University and faculty at Sewanee Music Festival, where she previously attended as a student. Formerly, she taught at Bowling Green State University, performed as Principal Oboe of Michigan Opera Theatre, and served as Chair of the IDRS Gillet-Fox International Competition for Oboe. She is the winner of various prizes and awards such as the University of Michigan Paul Boylan Alumni Award, Barbirolli International Oboe Competition, First International Oboe Competition of FEMUSC and others. She frequently performs with the internationally renowned Sphinx and Chineke! orchestras and is an active recitalist throughout the American Continent and Europe. Her debut as a soloist came to her at the age of fifteen, in her native country, with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico. She obtained her BM from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, and both, MM and DMA degrees from the University of Michigan.