UWSP Woodwind Day 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Michelsen Hall - Noel Fine Arts Center - UW-Stevens Point
Woodwind Day is open to all middle school, junior high and high school flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon students and their teachers. There is no registration fee for this event. Registration by January 17 is encouraged. However, you can still register by contacting Professor Stacey Berk by email at
sberk@uwsp.edu. Download online
Woodwind Day Registration Form.
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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Music has a distinguished history of educating musicians and teachers since the 1940’s. The department currently enrolls over 230 majors and employs a distinguished faculty of 24 full and part-time instructors with extensive credentials from many of the nation’s most highly regarded schools of music. The student and faculty performing groups, which are widely recognized for their artistic excellence, serve as laboratories for the development of professional skills and a full schedule of recitals, concerts, clinics, and other special events is offered each year to serve students, the community, and the surrounding region.
Saturday, January 21 Schedule
The UW-Stevens Point WOODWIND professors will teach individual master classes for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Coaching of solos, “Honors” audition music, and music for small ensembles will be available, along with reed making and other techniques classes.
| 10 a.m. |
Introduction and Faculty Mini Recital
|
| 10:45 a.m. |
Master Classes |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Discussion: "Peak Performance Strategies"
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| 2 p.m. |
Oboe/Bassoon Reed Making and Flute/Clarinet techniques classes |
| 3 p.m. |
Double Reed Ensemble, Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir
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About the Faculty
Dr. Julie Hobbs (flute) appears regularly as a soloist and with the chamber trio Tresillo. She has a Doctor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Northwestern University. Dr. Hobbs was winner of the 2009 Outstanding Dissertation Award for the National Flute Association and has several published articles on flute topics.
Prof. Stacey Berk (oboe) was awarded the 2009 UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award. She performs as principal oboist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony and she plays in many concerts and recitals throughout the year. She is also an active composer and has written many works for double reeds.
Dr. Andrea Splittberger-Rosen (clarinet) is an experienced teacher of clarinetists of all ages and levels. She has been Artist/Teacher of Clarinet at UWSP since 1984 and holds degrees from Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University. She performs regularly as a solo and chamber music recitalist playing an array of clarinets, including a 6-key Classical Period replica.
Dr. Patricia Holland (bassoon) performs as principal bassoonist with the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and with various summer music festivals. She has contributed many concerto performances and has given recitals and master classes throughout the U.S. In addition to teaching, Dr. Holland currently serves as Chair of the UWSP Department of Music.
Directions
Highway 66 from the West:
Follow Highway 66 east (Clark Street) through four traffic lights
Proceed one more block from the Division Street intersection (Business Hwy 51) to Phillips St.
Turn left on Phillips Street
Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P
Interstate 39 from the East/North/South:
Take the Business Hwy 51 Exit from I-39 (Exit #161)
Follow Business Hwy 51(Division St.) through 3 traffic lights
Turn left on Portage Street
Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P
Highway 66 from the East:
Follow Highway 66 west (Main Street) through seven traffic lights
Proceed four more blocks from the Michigan Avenue intersection to Phillips Street
Turn right on Phillips Street
Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P