Miriam Cooney
Oboe Fellow
Dugald & Janet Black Chair
Biography
Miriam began oboe lessons at eight years old, studying with Celia Craig, Mark Bruwel, Shefali Pryor and Nicola Bell. While completing her performance degree at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Miriam attended a semester exchange at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professor Max Artved. She has been the principal oboe of the Sydney Youth Orchestra’s flagship orchestra for four years, and toured to Europe with SYO in 2017. Cooney has participated in programs with SYO, Australian Youth Orchestras, Australian Romantic & Classic Orchestra and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.