Choirmaster, teacher.
Education: in 1984 she graduated from the Gnesin State Music College (class of Sergei A. Borodin, Honoured Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation), and in 1989 from the Gnesin State Music and Pedagogical Institute (class of Elena N. Sveshnikova, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor).
Since 1989 she has taught specialist subjects in the Choral Conducting Cycle Commission at the Gnesin College.
All her graduates continue their education at leading music universities in Moscow and work in choral ensembles and educational institutions in Russia and abroad. One of her former students, Pyotr Savinkov, after graduating from the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and its postgraduate programme, was invited to teach at the Gnesin College and now successfully works there as a teacher of conducting, gives a course in choral studies, and directs the College’s academic and chamber choirs.
From 1988 to 1994 she was choirmaster of the A. V. Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir. From 1994 to 2012 she served as Deputy Director for Educational and Production Work and Internships at the Gnesin State Music College, and from 2012 to 2014 as Director of the Gnesin College of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.
Since September 2012 she has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Musical Arts of the Faculty of History, Theory, and Composition at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, teaching choral ensemble, choral performance practice, and conducting.
Since July 2014 she has headed the Department of Music Education in the same faculty, overseeing the bachelor’s programme 53.03.06 Musicology and Applied Musical Arts, profile: Music Education.
She has served on the juries of various choral competitions and festivals, including:
- April 2008 – First All‑Russian Children’s Easter Vocal and Choral Festival «Svetlaya sedmitsa»;
- February 2009 – competition for conductors of choral ensembles within the international festival programme of children’s creativity «Friends of Bulgaria»;
- April 2009 – All‑Russian Open Children’s Easter Vocal and Choral Festival.
Publications, competitions, conferences, and festivals:
- Masterclasses, 2008–2011 – summer international school in Pyeongtaek (South Korea);
- Speaker at the Moscow inter‑university scholarly and practical conference «The Problem of Contemporary Choral‑Conducting Education at University Level» (2011);
- Speaker at the Moscow inter‑university scholarly and practical conference «New Trends in the Structure of Russian Choral Education»;
- International Arts Festival‑Competition «The Whole World is Art!», Moscow, category «Academic Choir», age group 18–25: the Choir of the Department of Music Education of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, conducted by O. Ye. Mishina – First Prize; First Prize in the Super‑Final (2016);
- Third International Festival «Musical Offering to J. S. Bach», Department of Organ and Harpsichord, Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 30 March 2016, Evening of Sacred Music, choir conducted by O. Ye. Mishina;
- All‑Russian inter‑university scholarly and practical conference dedicated to the memory of People’s Artist of the USSR Andrei Ya. Eshpai, 2 December 2016 – participation of the women’s group of the departmental choir in the concert programme, choir conducted by O. Ye. Mishina;
- First inter‑university scholarly and practical conference «Creativity as a Condition for Effective Teaching», Department of Music Education, Gnesin Russian Academy of Music;
- Youth and Children’s Choir Festival «Poyu Bogu dondezhe esm’», Moscow: the Choir of the Department of Music Education of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, conducted by O. Ye. Mishina – Laureate Diploma (2017);
- Tenth All‑Russian Scholarly Conference «Research by Young Musicologists», Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 11–12 April 2017: Sofia Dokolina, third‑year bachelor student, paper «Some Aspects of the Author’s Programme “Introduction to Tradition” at the Centre for Children and Parents “Rozhdestvo”», academic supervisor O. Ye. Mishina;
- Open competition for research papers by students and postgraduates of music universities «The Russian Revolution of 1917 in the History of Musical Culture: Names, Works, Events», St. Petersburg Rimsky‑Korsakov State Conservatory: Sofia Dokolina, fourth‑year student of the Faculty of History, Theory, and Composition (profile: Music Education) – Diploma; academic supervisor O. Ye. Mishina (2017);
- Article «The Cultural‑Educational Project as a Form of Communicative Activity for University Students in a Changing Sociocultural Environment», co‑author Ye. N. Borisova, PhD, Associate Professor, in the collection Problems of Modern Teacher Education, Yalta: RIO GPA, 2017, issue 55, part VI, pp. 31–41, ISSN 2311‑1305;
- Second inter‑university scholarly and practical conference «Creativity as a Condition for Effective Teaching», Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 11 April 2017, paper: «The Cultural‑Educational Project as a Form of Activity at University (on the Example of Preparing Future Music Teachers)»;
- Third inter‑university scholarly and practical conference «Creativity as a Condition for Effective Teaching», Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 10 April 2018, paper: «The Problem of Choosing the Repertoire for a Graduation Concert Programme: Psycho‑Physical and Artistic Aspects».
Awards and titles:
- In 2001 she received the sectoral honorary badge «For Achievements in Culture»;
- In 2011 she was awarded the honorary title «Honoured Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation».
