Dr. Mezraq Ramli

Dr. Mezraq Ramli proudly serves as Assistant Professor of Double Reeds at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he specializes in oboe and bassoon. He also teaches chamber music, sight-singing, and ear training. Prior to relocating to the Valley, Dr. Ramli served on the faculties of Northwestern Michigan College, Saginaw Valley State University and Lubbock Christian University. He also taught double reeds in the Michigan public school systems of Traverse City, Northport, Leland, and Elk Rapids.

Dr. Ramli maintains an active and diverse career as a chamber and orchestral musician, recitalist, and arts administrator. He performs as Principal Oboe with the South Asian Symphony Orchestra in India, Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Texas Chamber Winds, and, as Second Oboe with the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, as well as Second Oboe and English horn with the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival in Michigan. He has also performed with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Middletown Symphony Orchestra, and Holland Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Ramli has concertized throughout South East Asia, Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, and the U.S.A. Dr. Ramli is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Leland Musical Arts Celebration (LMAC), an annual summer concert series in Leland, Michigan, which features world-class musicians from the U.S. and abroad. He also serves as ensemble manager of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra and the Texas Chamber Winds.

A self-confessed double reed geek, Dr. Ramli is a consultant at Advantage Double Reeds USA, where he assists in research and development of oboe and bassoon products. He is also a consultant with the S. Bulgheroni oboe artisans of Como, Italy for the design of their new “American” model oboe.

Dr. Ramli earned his degrees from Texas Tech University (DMA), Miami University (MM) and Grand Valley State University (BM) where he studied oboe with Amy Anderson, Andrea Ridilla, and Dr. Marlen Vavriková, respectively. His principal bassoon teachers include Richard Meek and John Clapp. Dr. Ramli deems his teachers: Andrea Ridilla, Barry Martin, Dr. Lindabeth Binkley, Lynn Hansen, and Elizabeth Tomorsky Knott to be his most influential artistic influences and mentors.