DOUBLE REED DAY
About the Workshop
Players new to a double reed instrument should register for the Beginner Track. Here, you'll learn the key elements to getting started such as correct embouchure, what makes a good reed, and instrument care, among many other techniques. Beginner Track participants will have dedicated time with Georgia State faculty to focus on setting the correct foundation for successful playing.
Beginner Track participants will join the Advanced Track for the double reed ensemble, the artist recital, lecture, and master class. Bring your instrument and be prepared to play!
Advanced musicians should register for the Advanced Track for an in-depth look at musicianship, performance tips, and the opportunity to perform for master classes. Advanced Track participants will discover the next level of their musical journey through dedicated time with our guest artists focusing on a higher level of musicianship.
Bring your instrument and be prepared to play!
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 RehearsalMaster Classes
Advanced Oboes: Stage
Beginning Oboes: Greenroom
All Bassoons: Art Gallery LobbyMaster Classes
All Oboes: Stage
Beginning Bassoons: Greenroom
Advanced Bassoons: Art Gallery LobbyLunch Break and Exhibits
Lunch provided with registration
Shop our vendor tables for reeds, accessories, oboes, bassoons, music, and minor repairsArtist 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 RehearsalFarewell Concert: Double Reed Ensemble
2025 Guest Artists will be announced soon!
Faculty
Dr. Lara Dahl
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
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.
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.
Registration
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Contact Us
Office/Delivery Address
35 Broad Street, Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30303
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3984
Atlanta, GA 30302
Office Hours
8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Director of Educational Outreach
Amy Reid