Michael Rueda is the adjunct instructor of Oboe at Marietta College. He is a freelance musician, private instructor, and oboe and English horn repair technician based in Columbus, Ohio. In 2023, he was the oboe instructor at the summer music festival Mozart in the Knobs for its inaugural year. Rueda is a member and co-founder of Zephyr Chamber Winds, a chamber music organization in the central Ohio area. Performance engagements include playing as a substitute musician with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the Lima Symphony Orchestra and wind quintet, and the New Albany Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Rueda maintains a private studio in the Columbus area and works part-time at Buckeye Brass and Winds as their oboe repair technician.
Rueda was a winner of The Ohio State University concerto competition, was a finalist in the Miami Classical Music Festival concerto competition and was a finalist in the Lorée Day at Miami senior oboe competition. Rueda has experience in audio engineering as the assistant audio engineer at Ohio State and does freelance audio/video recording. He performed as a recitalist at Mozarthaus Vienna in Austria in 2022 on a study abroad trip through Ohio State led by Dr. Abby Held. The program included numerous performance opportunities, private lessons, and coaching with members of the Vienna Philharmonic. Outside of the oboe and English horn, he enjoys spending time with his two cats, cooking, playing video games, and indoor rock climbing.
Rueda holds his Master of Music from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Music from The Ohio State University. His certificate of oboe repair is from the Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology. Primary teachers include Robert Sorton, Michael Henoch, Dr. Abby Held, instrument repair from Ginger Ramsay, and additional instruction from Dwight Parry, Frank Rosenwein, Jamie Roberts, Hugo Souza, Robert Morgan, Joshua Lauretig, and more.