Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Mirna Ogrezovic-Ciric
Director of Orchestra; Instructor (violin/viola)

Department: Fine Arts
Phone: (706)368-6927
E-mail: mciric@berry.edu

Short Bio:
Mirna Ogrizovic-Ciric, is orchestra director and violin/ viola instructor at Berry College. She also teaches music appreciation, string methods and chamber music. Mirna was born in Croatia, but grew up in Belgrade, Serbia, where she received her violin performance degree from the School of Music, Belgrade University of Arts. She also received a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from Georgia State University in Atlanta, and earned her doctorate degree in conducting from the University of Georgia.

Before she moved to the United States (in 2001), she was Associate Concertmaster of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Serbian Radio Television in Belgrade and the Associate Artistic Director of the Ensemble of the Studio for Early Music.

Mirna’s conducting experience includes the University Philharmonia of UGA, as well as the UGA Symphony Orchestra. For her work at UGA she was recognized with the Director’s Excellence Award. While at UGA, she also conducted the ARCO chamber orchestra in a Carnegie Hall performance, and recorded a CD with the same orchestra and violinist Levon Ambartsumian as soloist in music by renowned Russian composer Mikhail Bronner.

Mirna has received numerous awards in national and international competitions, including the silver medal at the International Violin Competition in Stresa, Italy. She recorded several CDs with Atlanta based, period instrument ensemble, New Trinity Baroque.

Mirna is a member of the Balkan Quartet with which she frequently tours Eastern United States. With Balkan Quartet she recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, SC, and represented Serbian Embassy at the cultural event “Passport to DC” in Washington, DC.

In 2009, Mirna was appointed music director of the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra.

Education:
  • Artist Diploma, Belgrade University
  • M.M., Georgia State University; University of Georgia 
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