Nermis Mieses, Oboe
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PAUL BOYLAN AWARD RECITAL NERMIS MIESES, OBOE Sunday, November 8, 2020 Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium 8:00 PM Quatrième Concert Royaux in E Minor (1722) François Couperin Prélude (1668–1773) Allemande Courante Françoise Courante à l’italiéne Sarabande Rigaudon Forlane Phoebe Gelzer-Govatos, violin Otavio Manzano, cello Francis Yun, harpsichord Sonata in C for oboe and piano, op. 100 (1958) Edmund Rubbra Con moto (1901–1986) Elegy: Lento Presto Xavier Suárez, piano Intermission PAUL BOYLAN AWARD PRESENTATION David Gier, Dean and Paul Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music Nancy Ambrose King, Professor of Oboe Tango Études Astor Piazzolla No. 1: Décidé (1921–1992) No. 2: Tempo Tango pesante. Anxieux et rubato No. 3: Molto marcato e energico Dan Piccolo, percussion Xavier Suárez, piano smtd.umich.edu @umichsmtd #umicharts #umichsmtd umichsmtd NERMIS MIESES is the Associate Professor of Oboe at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, Principal Oboe of the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, and Chair of the Gillet-Fox International Competition for Oboe. Her distinctions include being the first American to place as finalist in the prestigious Barbirolli International Oboe Competition held in 2014; first place at the 2011 First International Oboe Competition in Santa Catarina, Brazil; finalist at the 2018 Matthew Ruggiero International Woodwind Competition; and second place at the 2012 Society for Musical Arts Young Artist Competition in Ann Arbor, MI. The Univer- sity of Michigan School of Music Theatre and Dance Alumni Society conferred her the 2020 Paul Boylan Award. She has appeared in solo performances with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra, and toured Denmark as soloist and chamber music performer with the Thy Chamber Music Festival (2011, 2013). She has presented mul- tiple masterclasses and recitals in Florida, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Michigan, Nebraska, Washing- ton DC, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Georgia, Wisconsin, Spain, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic; some as part of the IDRS annual conferences. Formerly principal of the Michi- gan Philharmonic, she has also performed with the Ann Arbor, Sphinx, ProMusica Chamber, Rochester, Lexington, and Puerto Rico Symphony as well as the National Repertory Orches- tra, Sewanee Music Festival, Idyllwild Arts and FOSJA. She holds D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from the University of Michigan under Dr. Nancy Ambrose King. The PAUL BOYLAN AWARD recognizes outstanding accomplishments and significant con- tributions in the field of music, theatre or dance by alumni within the past ten years of gradu- ation. The Alumni Society Board of Governors established the Paul Boylan Award in 1999 to honor Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Music Theory, Paul C. Boylan..