Michael Dwinell is a St. Louis-based oboist whose multifaceted career spans classical, contemporary, chamber, orchestral, theatrical, film, and commercial music. He has performed with the Chelsea Symphony, Long Island Chamber Orchestra, Protestra, Fort Greene Orchestra, Adelphi Orchestra, and other ensembles in the New York area, as well as with New Amsterdam Opera and New Jersey State Opera. As the founding oboist of Nu Quintet, he performed and taught on behalf of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the Pierrot Chamber Music Festival, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Festival, and the University of Florida.

Dwinell’s playing can be heard on recordings released by NAXOS and Toccata Classics, including Much Ado About Nothing, as well as UNC-TV recordings of The Nutcracker, Oklahoma!, and Swan Lake. His playing with Nu Quintet is featured on Mural, released on the Stradavarius label. Additional performance credits include Il Volo Live at Radio City Music Hall, Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton at Nokia Live and Honda Center, and the South Shore Symphony’s concert production of Hit the Deck.

Dwinell holds master’s degrees in oboe performance and orchestral conducting from the Manhattan School of Music and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He currently serves as adjunct oboe faculty at Washington University in St. Louis and as Head of Programming for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.