Andrea Ridilla, Professor of Oboe at Miami University is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Fanfare Magazine writes of her CD, L’Amore Italiano, the lyrical oboe in opera and cinema, “Ridilla plays with exceptional control and a beautiful tone.” The American Record Guide calls Ridilla’s playing “…heartfelt and expressive. El Universo writes of her concerto in Ecuador with the Orquesta da Sinfónica de Guayaquil….Ridilla sparkled with intonation, expression and phrasing…” She is Principal Oboe of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. She recently performed at the Frymon International Woodwind Festival in Tirana, Albania. As a representative of the US Department of State, she was soloist with the Pacific Symphony in Vladivostok, Russia and gave masterclasses at the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories. She is co-designer of the U.S. Patented American Oboe Gouging Machine made by Reeds ‘n Stuff.