Nermis Mieses is faculty at Michigan State University and the Sewanee Summer Music Festival.
Her debut album Oboe in Hues features solo oboe pieces by the French oboist-composer Gilles Silvestrini.
Formerly, she taught at Bowling Green State University, performed as Principal Oboe of the Detroit Opera and served as Chair of the IDRS Gillet-Fox International Competition for Oboe.
Her artistry has been recognized by the University of Michigan Paul Boylan Alumni Award, the Barbirolli International Oboe Competition, the First International Oboe Competition of FEMUSC, and other contests.
She is an active competition juror, recitalist and masterclass presenter in America and abroad. She has performed with Sphinx, Chineke!, Detroit Symphony, and several regional orchestras in Ohio and Michigan.
She earned a BM from the Conservatory of Music in her native country, Puerto Rico. Her MM and DMA degrees are from the University of Michigan under Nancy Ambrose King.