woodwindUWSP Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon Day 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.
Noel Fine Arts Center - UW-Stevens Point

Join us for an exciting day of master classes, woodwind ensembles, techniques classes, and reed making.  The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point professors of flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon will work with high school and middle school/junior high students, helping develop the students’ technical and musical skills.

The fee for the event is $20 per person and includes a box lunch,   t-shirt, ensemble music, and handouts. Registration fees can be paid on the day of the event.  However, please send the registration form in advance so we can order the lunch and t-shirt and prepare the ensemble music.  All events will occur in the Noel Fine Arts Center on the UWSP campus.

Saxophone Day is February 9, 2013 

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Sunday, January 27th Schedule

10:30 a.m.​

Registration

11:00  a.m.​

Master Classes (please bring your instrument, music you are currently practicing, and any reed making tools you might have)

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.​

Faculty mini recital

2:15 p.m.​

Interactive Sessions:  "Relaxation and Posture" and "Improvisation and Expression"

​3:00 p.m.​

​Oboe/Bassoon Reed making and Flute/Clarinet techniques classes

​4:00 p.m.​

​Double Reed Ensemble, Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir

5:00 p.m.

Finished

About the Faculty

Dr. Kortney James (flute) performs as principal flutist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony and Waupaca Area Orchestra and she often performs with the Fox Valley and Green Bay Symphony Orchestras. She previously played with the Arizona Opera Orchestra and taught flute at Arizona State University as a Faculty Associate.  She currently teaches flute at UWSP and at St. Norbert College.
 
Prof. Stacey Berk (oboe) performs as principal oboist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony and she performs frequently in recitals in concerts throughout the year. She has been awarded the UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award, and she is an active composer, with many works for double reeds and wind ensembles.
 
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