Michele Fiala

Michele Fiala has concertized throughout the United States, in Italy, and in Canada.  A reviewer from the Salt Lake Tribune spoke of her “energy and buoyant playing.”  She has recently released a solo CD entitled The Light Wraps You: New Music for Oboe on MSR Classics (www.msrcd.com), and appears on recordings on Centaur and d'Note Records.  Michele has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Phoenix Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony, Tucson Symphony, and Memphis Symphony, and with such artists as Lee Ann Rimes, Roberta Flack, Barry Williams, and Daniel Rodriguez.  She has performed in the Banff Summer Music Festival (Banff, Alberta, Canada), the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), and five of the last six conferences of the International Double Reed Society.
 
Michele is currently Assistant Professor of Oboe, Bassoon, and Music Theory at Western Kentucky University.  She holds both a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University, where she studied with Martin Schuring.  She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Kentucky.
 
Dr. Fiala contributes to the Italian journal i Fiati and to Double Reed.  Many of her articles are viewable online at http://www.idrs.org.  She serves as a music editor for Phylloscopus Publications in the United Kingdom; these publications are available at http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk .  She is also listed in the Southern Artistry showcase at http://www.southernartistry.org/michele_fiala.