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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Participants of all ages and performance levels are invited to join Georgia State University School of Music for Double Reed Day! A beginners track is available for students new to double reeds, as well as an advanced track for more experienced players. Join us for master classes, double reed ensembles, recitals, exhibitors, and more! Beginning Track participants receive an hour workshop dedicated to building a strong foundation of introductory technique, then go on to join the Advanced Track in master classes, artist recitals, and the Double Reed Ensemble. All participants should bring their instrument and be ready to play!

Schedule

Check In
Kopleff Recital Hall, Georgia State University
Welcome, Warm-Up, and Double Reed Ensemble Rehearsal
8:30-9:00am – Beginner Track Ensemble Rehearsal
9:00-9:30am – Combined Tracks Ensemble Rehearsal
9:30-9:55am – Advanced Track Ensemble Rehearsal
Master Classes
Advanced Oboes: Stage
Beginning Oboes: Greenroom
All Bassoons: Art Gallery Lobby
Master Classes
All Oboes: Stage
All Bassoons: Art Gallery Lobby
Lunch Break and Exhibits
Lunch provided with registration
Shop our vendor tables for reeds, accessories, oboes, bassoons, music, and minor repairs
Artist Recital in Kopleff Recital Hall
Double Reed Ensemble Rehearsal
2:35-3:10pm – Combined Tracks Ensemble Rehearsal
3:10-3:35pm – Advanced Track Ensemble Rehearsal
3:35-3:50pm – Beginner Track Ensemble Rehearsal
Farewell Concert: Double Reed Ensemble

Fees

We welcome those of all ages and experience levels to register to attend. Registered participants will receive lunch and a t-shirt. All registration fees are non-refundable.

Guest Artist

Alyssa Morris has delighted audiences around the world with her “skillful,” “fashionable,” and “commendable” musicianship (Fanfare). Dr. Morris serves as Assistant Professor of Oboe at Kansas State University. She has appeared as a soloist in venues throughout the United States, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and Western Europe. She performed as a recitalist at the 2014 and 2016 International Double Reed (IDRS) Conventions at New York University and Columbus State University. Dr. Morris was Associate Principal Oboe of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and has also held positions with the Utah Wind Symphony and the Utah Baroque Ensemble. She has additionally performed with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and the Utah Lyric Opera.

Regarding her equally expansive work as a composer, the American Record Guide writes that Dr. Morris’s music “stands out” as “elegant” and “imaginative.” Her chamber music is performed extensively around the world, and has been presented at five IDRS Conventions, the National Flute Association Convention, and the Society of Composers Inc. National Convention.

Dr. Morris has been commissioned to write music for the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, the Arizona State University faculty wind quartet, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music double reed trio, Brigham Young University’s Sundance Trio, Ohio University’s Athenia Chamber Ensemble, and Carolyn Hove (principal English horn of the L.A. Philharmonic), to name a few. Dr. Morris’s music has been recorded on the Equilibrium, Centaur and MSR Classics labels, and her compositions are published by TrevCo Music Publishing.

Susan Gustavson Maxwell has dedicated her career to three dimensions of musicianship; she is a teacher, performer and reedmaker. Currently, she teaches Bassoon and Introduction to Music. She has also taught Music Theory, and Leadership in Practice, in the School of Leadership Studies. She performs regularly with the Konza Wind Quintet and the Tallgrass Trio. She is very proud of her students’ accomplishments.

Dr. Maxwell’s teaching includes several areas of special interest. One is the art of playing high notes on the bassoon. This has resulted in a study for bassoonists that has been published by Prairie Dawg Press. It includes scale practice, short melodic exercises, and a fingering chart.

Some of Dr. Maxwell’s performance engagements have included substitute positions with The Kansas City Symphony, The Kansas City Lyric Opera, The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, The Tulsa Philharmonic, The Lake Shore Symphony in Chicago, Illinois, Orquesta Sinfónica de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico, and a two-year position with The Wichita Symphony in Wichita, Kansas.

Faculty

LARA DAHL | Georgia State University

Dr. Lara Saville Dahl is currently Senior Lecturer of Oboe and Music Survey at Georgia State University. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University where she studied with Martin Schuring, and her Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham Young University, studying with Geralyn Giovannetti. In fall 2003, Dr. Dahl was the sabbatical replacement for oboe professors Geralyn Giovannetti at Brigham Young University and Stephen Caplan at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior to her appointment at Georgia State University, Dr. Dahl was the adjunct instructor of oboe at Utah State University. In addition to her university studies, during the summer of 2007, Dr. Dahl studied with Joseph Robinson, former principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic.

Dr. Dahl has performed with the Atlanta, Utah, and Phoenix Symphony Orchestras, the Arizona Opera Company and the Sunflower Music Festival Chamber Orchestra. She is a founding member of Atlanta Chamber Winds which published a CD entitledMusic from Paris on the Albany label. Dr. Dahl currently substitutes with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Opera Orchestra, Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and Columbus Symphony. She frequently performs with Chamber Music Atlanta and is an active freelance musician throughout Atlanta, and is also in demand in the metro Atlanta area as an adjudicator, master class clinician, and sectional coach.

Dr. Dahl has presented several artist recitals at the International Double Reed Society Conferences and was a guest chamber coach at Tianjin Conservatory in Tianjin, China in the summer of 2011. In addition to conducting master classes at several universities, Dr. Dahl has organized master classes for the Georgia State oboe studio with guest artists including Joseph Robinson, John Dee, Martin Schuring, Pat McFarland, Elizabeth Koch-Tiscione, Mark Ostoich, Russ deLuna, Humbert Lucarelli, and Nancy Ambrose King.

JOHN GROVE | Georgia State University

John Grove is the Director of Bands at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Sandy Springs, Georgia, where he has taught for 20 years. He is an active freelance musician on bassoon and contrabassoon and is a member of the Johns Creek and Columbus Symphonies. He often performs with other regional groups including the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Chamber Winds, Alabama Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia and the Greenville Symphony. As a woodwind doubler, he has performed for several Broadway shows at the Fox Theater. Mr. Grove received a Bachelor Music and a Bachelor of Music Education from Acadia University in Nova Scotia. His teachers include Ivor Rothwell and Dan Dowdakin.

In his spare time, he enjoys playing bassoon quartets with his wife, Debby and two sons, Chandler and Mark, all of whom play the bassoon. Additionally, he performs on Scottish side drum with the Atholl Highlanders Pipes and Drums USA, based out of Stone Mountain, Georgia.