Ramiro Miranda enjoys an active career as an orchestral conductor, violinist, and educator. An Associate Professor at Emporia State University, he teaches upper strings and conducts the Emporia Symphony Orchestra and the ESU Chamber Orchestra. He is co-founder of the ESU String Camp, and the ESU string academy "Stringfully." Additionally, he is a frequent guest conductor with the Midwest Chamber Ensemble in Kansas City, as well as university orchestras and middle and high school honor orchestras.

As a violinist and chamber musician, Miranda has given solo recitals in the United States, Latin America, and China. In addition to performing the standard solo and chamber music repertoires, he enjoys improvisatory genres, and is a member of the Switchgrass String Quartet and the trio String Daze, ensembles specialized in new music, popular, and improvisatory genres. He has performed in ensembles supporting Eugene Friesen, Chris Howes, Jason Anick, Howard Levy, Glenn Velez, Mike Marshall, and Darol Anger. Recently he has shared the stage with internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Berta Rojas, performing music by Agustin Pio Barrios and Hector Villa Lobos.

A native of Asunción, Paraguay, Miranda came to the United States to pursue a Bachelor's degree in violin performance at Pittsburg State University. Miranda also holds Master's degrees from Illinois State University in violin performance and orchestral conducting, and a Doctoral in Musical Arts in orchestral conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including a grant to attend the prestigious European American Musical Alliance's Nadia Boulanger Institute at the historic Schola Cantorum in Paris. He continues to pursue studies in counterpoint and composition and is currently working in collaboration with Kansas poets on a project called Spoken Sonatas (spokensonatas.org).