Stacey Berk, Professor of Oboe and Composition
Department of Music
Office: NFAC 304
E-mail: sberk@uwsp.edu
Composition
Professor Berk is an active composer, with many commissions for wind band, chamber music and double reed works. Her composition Avian Suite, written in memory of a former student, was premiered October 2012 by the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. The woodwind quintet version of the work was performed by UWSP students on Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio in November 2014.
Her composition Flight, for solo oboe and wind ensemble, was premiered October 2011 with Nancy Ambrose King, oboist and the UWSP Wind Ensemble, Prof. Brendan Caldwell, conductor. It was performed again in 2012 with Professor Berk as soloist with the UWSP Wind Ensemble at the Wisconsin Music Educators Association Conference October 26th.
Large Ensemble and Large Chamber Ensemble Works
• Sounds of the Seasons (2022) for young band
• Reflections (2018) for symphony orchestra
• Avian Suite (2012) for small orchestra
• Flight (2011) for solo oboe and wind ensemble
• Alice in Wonderland (2007) ballet for symphony orchestra
• Alice in Wonderland (2007) ballet for fl, ob, clar, bsn, hn, tpt, vln, cello, perc
• Phrygian Festival Overture (2006) for concert band
• Fanfare Jubilee (2004) for wind ensemble
• Summer Scenes (2003) for 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bsn, 2 hn, vibraphone, marimba
• Novae (2000) for concert band
• Portraits of the Odyssey (1998) for wind ensemble
• Portraits of the Odyssey (1997) for 2 fl/picc, 2 ob, Bb clar, Bb bass clar, 2 bsn, 2 hn
• Doodling Through History (1996) for 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bsn, 2 hn with narration
• A Prayer of the Holy Name (1992) for SATB choir, based on 15th century text
Small Ensemble and Solo Works
• Avian Suite (2011) for Woodwind Quintet
• Swingin' the Spring for double reed quintet
• The Reed-Makin' Blues for double reed quintet
• Ladder Jive for double reed quintet
• Little Child for soprano and harp or piano
• Cornucopian Fanfare for horn octet
• Tzango! for saxophone quartet
• A Moon and a Mountain Away for double reed quartet with narrator
• Pasticcio Dandy for oboe trio (also a version for reed trio)
• Myths for Solo Oboe
• Valley Song I for tenor and piano
• Valley Song II for tenor and piano
• Oboi, Oboi! for 2 oboes and 2 english horns
• Hungarian Wraps a Reed for double reed quartet
• Fanfare for the Common Mandrel for double reed quintet
• To Daffodils for medium voice and english horn