Principal Librarian
Oboe
Mia Fasanello
About
Mia Fasanello is a passionate orchestral and chamber musician. In addition to performing frequently with the Apollo Ensemble of Boston, she is the Principal Oboist of the Boston Civic Symphony and performs with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, Cantata Singers, and the Boston Modern Opera Project. She has also performed frequently with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and was a featured guest musician with the Kazakh State Symphony for their 2023 Carnegie Hall performance featuring Andreas Delfs and Lowell Liebermann.
Mia earned her bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School where she was a student of Elaine Douvas, and her master’s degree from Boston University where she studied with Mark McEwen.
In 2023, Mia was a fellow at the Emmanuel Music Bach Institute. There she performed as guest principal oboe with Emmanuel Music for a cantata performance under the baton of John Harbison.
Mia was also a fellow at the Chautauqua Institute School of Music Festival from 2019-2021. She is a member of Ensemble Enigma Classica, conducted by Anna Handler, and performed with the orchestra at the Bayreuth Festival Jünger Kunstler.
Mia was the winner of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Genesee Symphony, and Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra concerto competitions, and was previously the principal oboist of the New York Youth Symphony and Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra.
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