OLPA Alumni

SHELLEY HERON

In 1985, Shelley Heron became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and is currently a member of Lakewinds, a Canadian based woodwind octet. Prior to joining the DSO, she held the position of Principal Oboe with Orchestra London Canada. Shelley graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music in Performance and received her Master of Music in Performance from the University of Western Ontario. Her primary oboe teachers have been Jonathan Dlouhy, John Mack (Cleveland Orchestra) and Richard Killmer (Eastman School of Music).

As well as performing regularly with the DSO, Shelley continues to be active as a recitalist and clinician. Shelley led a series of master classes at the International Festival of Youth Orchestras and Wind Ensembles at Banff, Alberta, has conducted reed making classes at Michigan State University, taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Western Ontario and maintains a private studio at her home in Sarnia, Ontario where she resides with her husband, Ron George, principal horn of Orchestra London.