Emory Artist Affiliate Recital: Alexandra Shatalova Prior, oboe

• Alexandra Shatalova Prior, oboe

Oboist Alexandra Shatalova Prior is joined by a cohort of musicians for a lively program of chamber music featuring the varied personalities of the oboe.

About Emory University Music Department

The Department of Music at Emory recognizes the many and varied manifestations of music and hears in them a powerful means of understanding the human experience.

The mission of the department is to provide a dynamic and ever-changing environment in which students, faculty, and the greater Atlanta community can encounter music through performance, creation, listening, reflection, and analysis. We fulfill our mission by offering a broad array of courses and experiences in which students make and study many different kinds of music.

About Alexandra Shatalova Prior, oboe

Alexandra Shatalova Prior is Acting Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Principal Oboe of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, and Oboe Artist Affiliate at Emory University. Alexandra's international performing career has included concerts with the National Jeugd Orkest of the Netherlands, the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, and the American Institute for Musical Studies. Alexandra received her doctorate and masters from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Richard Killmer. She has been on faculty teaching oboe and arts administration at Nazareth College, the SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music, and the Eastman Community Music School, where she received the 2012 Jack L. Frank Award for Excellence in Teaching. ​Alexandra resides in Atlanta, GA with her husband, composer, and conductor Richard Prior.