Dominic Bernard is an Artist Diploma student studying oboe performance at the Schwob School of Music under the instruction of Dr. Susan Tomkiewicz. Dominic recently graduated from Schwob in 2022 with his bachelor’s degree in oboe performance. He has also studied oboe with Mandy Dunaway and participated in oboe seminars and masterclasses with many of the leading oboe teachers and performers in the United States such as Elaine Douvas, Bert Lucarelli, Mark Ostoich, James Ryon, Martin Schuring, Jeffrey Rathbun, Joe Robinson, Nancy Ambrose King, and Russ deLuna. Dominic currently holds the positions of 2nd Oboe/English Horn with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and 3rd Oboe/English Horn with the Aiken Symphony Orchestra. He also plays in the Schwob Philharmonic and Schwob Wind Ensemble, and he subs with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. Dominic previously played principal oboe with the Atlanta Wind Project and Ukrainian Music Project. He has premiered works by composers such as Stanley Grill, Sonya Leonore Stahl, Scott Harris, James Ogburn, Evan O’Dell, Daniel Garcia, Bradley Pilcher, Elise Arancio, and Eliodoro Vallecillo. Recently, Dominic was the winner of the Georgia MTNA competition twice, was a finalist in the Schwob Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and was featured as a guest soloist with the Choral Society of West Georgia. When he isn’t playing oboe, Dominic loves to play with his cats, Gibby, Peanut, and Bowser.
You can find Dominic’s 2023 Romantic Music Competition english horn performance here.