Euridice Alvarez

Instructor of Oboe

E-mail: music@houghton.edu
Phone: 585.567.9400

Born in Honduras, Central America, oboist Euridice Alvarez-Izcoa holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern Mississippi, a Master of Music from Baylor University, and is currently advancing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance at the Eastman School of Music.

Euridice began her musical education at the Victoriano López Music School in her native Honduras in 1989, and since then has specialized her studies with a variety of professional oboists, including: Patricia Malone, Mary Watt, Georg Meerwin, Humbert Lucarelli, Doris DeLoach, Nancy Ambrose King, Eric Ohlsson, Paige Morgan, Don Ross, and Richard Killmer.

Ms. Alvarez has been a member of several Symphony Orchestras, including Meridian, Gulf Port, Waco, Temple and San Angelo, and performed as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Honduras.

She won the Golden Medal at the Tutto Diffent Competition in Honduras (1993), was a finalist at the Ducrest Young Artists International Competition (2000), toured the East Coast of the U.S. with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra (2000), won the MTNA Woodwind Concerto Competition (2000) and the MTNA Collegiate Artists State Competition (2000/2002), toured Italy with the USM Wind Ensemble (2001) and France and England with the USM Southern Chorale (2003), Presser Scholar (2002), Finalist of the Concerto Competition at Baylor University (2004), and Second Place of the Concerto Competition at Baylor University (2005).

Euridice has also participated in several summer camps: Young Artists Summer camp in Costa Rica (1993), Kinhaven Music School at Vermont (1993/1997), Hot Springs Music Festival (2002), Brevard Music Camp (2004), and Camp of the Woods (2006/2007).

Her teaching experience started in 1994 as an Oboe Instructor in Honduras, and has taught numerous students privately and through teaching assistantships at Baylor University and at the Eastman School of Music. She is currently an oboe professor at the Eastman Community School of Music and at Houghton College since fall 2006.

Courses: Studio Oboe