For over 30 years, Miriam Kapner was a professional oboist. She performed in a multitude of venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Red Rocks Amphitheater. Throughout that time, she composed music, wrote prose and poetry, curated educational concerts, and developed new creative projects. Most recently, Miriam has shifted her focus to composing, writing, filmmaking, public speaking, and exploring fresh artistic collaborations.
Some of her accomplishments include:
- Founder and Artistic Director: Small Batch Concerts (producing classical music house concerts)
- Executive Producer, Out of the Darkness, a documentary short film
- Film Composer, Out of the Darkness
- Judaism Consultant for Riot in Bloom, an independent feature film by Brett Levner
- Lecturer and Presenter: My 9/11 Experience in New York City (Regis University)
- Lecturer and Presenter: You are an Athlete. Treat Yourself Like One. (International Double Reed Society Conference in Boulder, Colorado)
- Publication: You are an Athlete. Treat Yourself Like One. (The Double Reed Journal)
- Publication: Not Random (The Ebbing Tide, an Anthology by the National Library of Poetry)
- Grant Winner: Music Performance Trust Fund Grant to develop and lead four family concerts in Denver Public Libraries
- Guest on Podcast: NPR’s Studio 360 by PRX (discussing the physical and emotional complexities of oboe reed making)
Currently, she is working on two creative projects: an a capella choral piece about the impact of ICE raids on her community, and a book about her journey as a former step-parent.