Euridice Alvarez

Visiting Assistant Professor of Oboe

Euridice Alvarez, a native of San Pedro Sula, Honduras was recently appointed the Visiting Assistant Professor of Oboe at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She started her oboe studies at the Victoriano López School of Music in her native country, with Leonel López, Masayuki Kato, Roberto Varela and José Angel Abrego. Then, continued studies with American oboists Patricia Malone, Doris DeLoach, Geoffrey Burgess (Baroque oboe), and Richard Killmer. Ms. Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern Mississippi, Presser Scholar (2002), a Master of Music from Baylor University, and is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.

She has been a member of several professional ensembles, including the Meridian (MS) Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony (MS), the Waco (TX) Symphony, the Temple (TX) Symphony Orchestra, and the San Angelo (TX) Symphony, as well as the Avanti Orchestra (DC). She has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Honduras and the Philharmonic Orchestra of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Ms. Alvarez participated and won several competitions including the Gold Medal at the Tutto Diffent Competition in Honduras (1993), finalist at the Ducrest Young Artists International Competition in Louisiana (2000) , won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Woodwind Concerto Competition (2000) and the MTNA Collegiate Artist State Competition (2000, 2002). In addition, she was a finalist in the Baylor University Concerto Competition (2004), and was awarded Second Place in the Baylor University Concerto Competition (2005).

Euridice has participated in various tours, including tour of the East Coast of the United States with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra (2000), toured Italy with the USM Wind Ensemble (2001) and France and England with the USM Southern Chorale (2003). Ms. Alvarez has also performed in many festivals, such as Young Artists Summer camp in Costa Rica (1993), Kinhaven Music School in Vermont (1993, 1997), Hot Springs (AR) Music Festival (2002), Brevard (NC) Music Camp (2004), and Camp of the Woods (NY) (2006, 2007). Most recently she appeared as a soloist with the Nazareth Chamber Orchestra (NY) during a performance tour of The Bahamas (2010).

Gaining teaching experience beginning in 1994 as an Oboe Instructor in Honduras, Ms. Alvarez has taught numerous students privately and through teaching assistantships at Baylor University and at the Eastman School of Music. In Rochester, NY she was an oboe professor at the Eastman Community School of Music, Houghton College, and Nazareth College. She has also presented master classes in Honduras and Costa Rica.