Calendar of Events

On this page the MDRS provides information about events in the region. Updates are made at the time of our newsletter mailings in February, May, and September.

Infusion, Resident Chamber Ensemble
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
First Congregational Church, Oshkosh

Works on this program are the Petite Suite for piano duo by Claude Debussy, Serenata al alba del dia by Joaquín Rodrigo, Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon by Françis Poulenc, and the Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 by Zoltán Kodály.  Double reed performers are Emily Helvering, oboe, and Carol Rosing, bassoon.

Keel Williams, bassoon, Artist Diploma recital
Grant Recital Hall
University of Missouri—Kansas City

The program includes the Crusell Variations on Swedish Airs, Gubaidulina’s Duo for Bassoons, Henze’s New Folk Songs and Shepherd's Melodies, William Grant Still’s Spirituals arrangements, and Schumann’s Five Pieces in Folk Style. Assisting performers include Brendan Kinsella, piano, Michael Scott, bassoon, and Nick Omicciolli, guitar.

Asa Ireland, senior bassoon recital
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Kansas City, MO

The program will include Vivaldi’s Concerto in E Minor, two Mignone Waltzes, Saint-Saëns’s Sonata, and Lallliet’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano. Kristy Mezines, piano, will join Asa in this performance.

Washburn University Woodwind Quintet
Cottonwood River Bridge
Cottonwood Falls, KS

With oboist Cindy Thompson and bassoonist Kim Krutz, the quintet will perform as part of the annual "River Suite Dinner and Concert." For more information, please contact the Chase County Chamber of Commerce, www.chasecountychamber.org or 620-273-8469

Bassoon Institute, Interlochen Center for the Arts

This weeklong institute provides an intense training ground for advanced bassoonists. The faculty include Eric Stomberg, Amy Marinello (Univ. of Georgia), Patricia Rogers (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and George Sakakeeny (Oberlin Conservatory). For details, please visit: www.interlochen.org/bassoon-institute

The MDRS at IDRS

Moran Woodwind Quintet
Meacham Auditorium
University of Oklahoma, Norman

Members John Bailey, flute; William McMullen, oboe; Diane Barger, clarinet; Alan Mattingly, horn; and Jeffrey McCray, bassoon; from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln will be performing a recital of music by Jean Françaix, Theodor Blumer, and Reynaldo Miranda.

Evening Concert
Sharp Concert Hall
University of Oklahoma, Norman

Rodney Ackmann will be performing the Vincent Persichetti Parable IV for Bassoon on this recital.

University of Oklahoma, Norman

University of Missouri—Columbia bassoon professor and MDRS 1st Vice President, Rodney Ackmann will be performing a solo/collaborative recital that includes the Stücke im Volkston by Robert Schumann and Phantom Variations for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano by MU professor emeritus, John E. Cheetham. Assisting will be MU oboe professor, Dan Willett. The Phantom Variations received its World Premiere last February at the University of Missouri—Columbia.

“The Pedagogical Legacy of Leonard Sharrow”
Art Museum
University of Oklahoma, Norman

Rodney Ackamann will serve on a panel discussion during this session.

Potpurri Recital
Choral Room
University of Oklahoma, Norman

Jeffrey McCray, bassoon professor at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln will be performing two works with pianist Richard Fountain, Two Characteristic Pieces, op. 31, by Karl Goepfart, and the Lyric Sonatina by Canadian composer, Jean Coulthard.

University of Missouri—Kansas City Double Reed Ensemble
Meacham Auditorium
University of Oklahoma, Norman

The performance will include Barbaresque, an original composition written for UMKC oboe professor Barbara Bishop by Lee Hartman (DMA, UMKC); Duke Ellington’s "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," arranged by Patrick Ketter (UMKC); an arrangement of Telemann’s  Concerto for 6 Oboes  with Bassoon Continuo; and an arrangement Piazzolla’s Tango for Four Bassoons.

“Music for Mark”
Choral Room
University of Oklahoma, Norman

This concert, dedicated to oboist Mark Weiger, will be given by his former students Emily Helvering, Trevor Johnson and Elizabeth Young Rennick.  Works on the program include the Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 54 by Arnold Rosner, Samuel Barber’s Canzonetta, and Leroy Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday.

Missouri State University Double Reed Day
Ellis Recital Hall, MSU

This event is an all-day workshop for oboe and bassoon players in grades 7 – 12.  The clinicians are Cynthia Green Libby, oboe, and Lia Southern, bassoon.  Admission is free.
2010 MSU Double Reed Day

Cynthia Green Libby, Faculty Oboe Recital
Ellis Recital Hall
Missouri State University

This concert will feature music for oboe and harp, featuring works by Claude Debussy, Elizabeth Vercoe, William Grant Still and a world premiere by Derek Limback. Harpist Jeremy Chesman will join Dr. Libby.  Admission is free.

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