Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Notable Performance Experience
Teachers/ Coaches
References
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Myra Coveney

Clarinetist, Soloist, Private Instructor
Omaha, NE,NE
Myra Coveney

Summary

Music Performance Major with focus on clarinet performance/pedagogy. Passionate musician with extensive experience in various ensembles, as a soloist, and as a music teacher.

Overview

8
years of professional experience

Work History

UNO Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Omaha, NE

Principal Clarinet
08.2020 - Current

Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra
Omaha, NE

Principal Clarinet
08.2019 - Current

UNO Chamber Woodwind Ensemble
Omaha, NE

Principal Clarinet
08.2019 - Current

The Conducting Institute
Fort Worth, TX

Principal Clarinet
06.2022 - 06.2022

Banda UNO
Omaha, NE

Principal Clarinet
08.2021 - 12.2021

Education

University of Nebraska At Omaha
, Omaha, NE

Bachelor of Music from Music Performance
12.2023

Private/Homeschooling
, Omaha, NE

High School Diploma
05.2019

Skills

  • Philharmonic orchestra
  • Symphonic band
  • Chamber orchestra
  • Chamber music
  • Banda
  • Jazz
  • Lab orchestra ensemble

Timeline

Principal Clarinet

The Conducting Institute
06.2022 - 06.2022

Principal Clarinet

Banda UNO
08.2021 - 12.2021

Principal Clarinet

UNO Symphonic Wind Ensemble
08.2020 - Current

Principal Clarinet

Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra
08.2019 - Current

Principal Clarinet

UNO Chamber Woodwind Ensemble
08.2019 - Current

University of Nebraska At Omaha

Bachelor of Music from Music Performance

Private/Homeschooling

High School Diploma

Notable Performance Experience

  • Barroso - Brazil (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021)
  • Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021/22)
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021)
  • Bizet - Carmen Suite (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2022)
  • Brahms - Hungarian Dances (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2022)
  • Copland - Appalachian Spring (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021, and University of Nebraska at Omaha Chamber Orchestra; 2022)
  • Day - Lightspeed (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2022)
  • Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2022)
  • Husa - Music for Prague (Karen Fannin, conductor & University of Nebraska at Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble; 2022)
  • Mangani - "Blues" of George Gershwin's American in Paris (Solo Collaboration with Stacie E. Haneline; 2022)
  • Márquez - Danzón No. 2 (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021)
  • Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2022)
  • Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes (University of Nebraska at Omaha string quartet, piece for clarinet, with strings and piano; 2022)
  • Revueltas - Ocho por Radio (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2020, and University of Nebraska at Omaha Chamber Orchestra; 2022)
  • Rossini - Overture to Barber of Seville (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021)
  • Schubert - "Unfinished" Symphony No. 8 (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra; 2021)
  • Zamora - Sikuris (Miguel Hearth-Bedoya, conductor & University of Nebraska at Omaha Chamber Orchestra; 2022)



Teachers/ Coaches

Emily McIvor, D.M.A - Clarinet, University of Nebraska at Omaha 2019 - Present

Miguel Hearth-Bedoya - Conductor, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, University of Nebraska at Omaha 2020 - 2022

Jake Fridkis - Principal flute, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra 2022

Season Cowley, D.M.A - Clarinet, Sub list for Lincoln Symphony 2021

Brandon Patrick George - Flute, Imani Winds 2020
Toyin Spellman-Diaz - Oboe, Imani Winds 2020
Jeff Scott - French Horn, Imani Winds 2020
Mark Dover - Clarinet, Imani Winds 2020
Monica Ellis - Bassoon, Imani Winds 2020

Bryce Dantzler, B.M. - Saxophone, Omaha Conservatory of Music 2016 - 2018

References

  • Dr. Emily McIvor - (402) 960-7893, emcivor@unomaha.edu
  • Dr. Christie Beard - (402) 681-0624, cbeard@unomaha.edu
Myra CoveneyClarinetist, Soloist, Private Instructor