A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Bobby Nunes began his oboe studies with Martin Schuring and served as Principal Oboe of the Phoenix Youth Symphony for three years. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School, winning the Juilliard Oboe Concerto Competition, and completed his professional studies certificate at The Colburn School in Los Angeles. Bobby was a member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in Carnegie Hall and was awarded fellowships for study at the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, and Aspen Music Festival. Bobby has served as the Principal Oboe of the Sarasota Orchestra since 2023 and was recently named Principal Oboe of the Des Moines Metro Opera. Prior to joining the Sarasota Orchestra, he spent one season as Acting Principal Oboe of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Bobby has performed with many orchestras across the United States, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the Carnegie Hall National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA) for two consecutive years, touring China in 2015 under the baton of Charles Dutoit, and Europe in 2016 under Christoph Eschenbach and Valery Gergiev.

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