​Double Reed Day

10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. February 4, 2023
Noel Fine Arts Center


A fun day of exploring all things oboe and bassoon at UWSP. Open to all (students, band directors, community members). 
Music educators will receive Personal Development credits by request. 


The day's activities will include:

  • Master classes geared toward the unique challenges of the oboe and bassoon
  • Reed making/fixing classes
  • Rehearsal and performance with the Double Reed Ensemble 

REGISTRATION

Cost $20 (includes lunch and reed making supplies).

Please make check to UWSP Music Department and send to: 

Stacey Berk - UWSP Music Department
Noel Fine Arts Center
1800 Portage Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481

For more information, contact Stacey Berk at: sberk@uwsp.edu


‭(Hidden)‬ Event Schedule
  • 9:30 – 10 a.m.               Registration

  • 10 – 11:30a.m.              Double Reed Ensemble rehearsal

  • 11:30 – 12:15 p.m.       Lunch

  • 12:30 – 2 p.m.               Master Classes for oboe and bassoon 

  • 2 – 3:30 p.m.                 Reed sessions for oboe and bassoon 

  • 3:40 – 3:50 p.m.           Double Reed Ensemble run-through 

  • 4 p.m.                            Double Reed Day performance


Faculty Biographies

Stacey Berk is Professor of Oboe, Music Theory and Composition at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is an active recitalist and principal oboist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra . She has performed solo and chamber works at International Double Reed Society Conferences abroad and in the U.S., and has performed as a concerto soloist with a number of regional and university ensembles. She has performed on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Live from the Chazen" series and at schools and venues across the Midwest. She is also a guest clinician at numerous schools and colleges. Previously she performed with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Cedar Rapids Symphony and the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, among others. She was a founding member of the award-winning Polaris Wind Quintet and previously taught at Grinnell College, Drake University and Our Lady of the Lake University. Prof. Berk holds Master of Music degrees in Oboe Performance and Music Composition from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she studied oboe with Nancy Ambrose King. She graduated from Western Illinois University with degrees in Music Education, Oboe Performance and Music Composition. She was awarded the Western Illinois University School of Music Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010. 

Brian Ellingboe maintains an active teaching studio in Madison and is the bassoon coach for WYSO (Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras). Before moving to Madison to pursue his DMA he was previously bassoon faculty at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.  He has studied with Marc Vallon, Steve Vacchi and Judith Bedford.

Active as an orchestral player, Brian is starting his 7th season as principal bassoon of the Sheboygan Symphony and 8th season as assistant principal and second bassoon in the Beloit Janesville Symphony. Previously in Oregon, he played with the Salem Chamber Orchestra, the Corvallis Symphony Orchestra, the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Mozart Players.


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 R
 
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 Y, or Lot R
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 R
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