UTA Department of Music
presents
DOUBLE REED DAY
Saturday, February 18
9am-4:30pm

For all bassoon students in grades 5-12.

Your Hosts
UTA Professor of Oboe Rogene Russell
UTA Professor of Bassoon Scott Pool
UTA Director of Bands Douglas Stotter

Join us for a day of double reed fun and celebration, music-making, and education.

CLINICIANS

ROGENE RUSSELL, PROFESSOR OF OBOE, UTA
Ms. Russell is Principal Oboist of The Dallas Opera Orchestra and English horn player with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. She also serves as the Artistic Director of Fine Arts Chamber Players, a non-profit organization that presents free chamber music concerts at the Dallas Museum of Art and over 500 educational programs in area public schools each year. Ms. Russell earned a Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and a Master of Music degree in oboe performance from the Yale University School of Music.

SCOTT POOL, PROFESSOR OF BASSOON, UTA
Scott Pool is currently the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Texas at Arlington, and faculty bassoonist of the Orfeo International Music Festival in Vipiteno/Sterzing, Italy.  Recognized as a Moosmann Artist, Scott has performed concerts and recitals throughout North and South America and Europe. His latest recording can be heard on Landscapes:  The Double Reed Music of Daniel Baldwin.  Scott has served as principal bassoon with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and frequently freelances in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.   More information about the activities of Scott Pool and the UTA Bassoon Studio can be found at www.scottpoolbassoon.com.

SAXTON ROSE, BASSOON
Saxton Rose is Artist/Professor of Bassoon at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the principal bassoonist of the Winston-Salem Symphony.. This past season he performed with the National Symphony of Colombia in Bogotá, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Caldas, Colombia and in Berlin at the Philharmonie with Alarm Will Sound, one of the word’s premier contemporary music ensembles. Other recent engagements as concerto soloist have been with the National Symphony of Panamá, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and with the Winston-Salem Symphony. Mr. Rose’s training includes courses in Germany, Austria and Italy with some of Europe’s most distinguished bassoonists including Gustavo Nuñez and Sergio Azzolini. He graduated with highest honors from the class of Stefano Canuti at the Conservatorio “Agostino Steffani” in Castelfranco-Veneto, Italy and is a former student of William Winstead at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Additionally his teachers include Yoshi Ishikawa and Timothy McGovern. Saxton Rose is a J. Püchner artist and performs on the Model Superior/6000 bassoon.

JENNIFER CORNING LUCIO, OBOE
Jennifer Corning Lucio joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as Principal Oboist in 2001 and has been a featured soloist with the orchestra in several concerto performances.  She has served as guest Principal Oboist of the Baltimore and Seattle Symphony Orchestras in addition to performing with the Cleveland Orchestra.  Ms. Lucio is an active musician in the Fort Worth community and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth.   Before joining the FWSO, Jennifer was oboist and English hornist with the Tulsa Philharmonic and served on the faculties of the University of Tulsa and the Oklahoma Arts Institute.  She has been a recipient of a fellowship to the New World Symphony and she has been a participant in the Aspen Music Festival, Cleveland Blossom Festival and the National Repertory Orchestra.  As a student of Elaine Douvas, Ms. Lucio completed her master’s degree at the Juilliard School.  She earned a Bachelor of Music with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of John Mack.

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SCHEDULE—Saturday, February 18, 2012

8:30am: Registration, UTA Fine Arts Building
9:00am: Opening Recital, Irons Recital Hall
10:00am: Session One
›››Jennifer Corning-Lucio: Oboe Master Class
›››Saxton Rose: Bassoon Master Class
›››Parents Session: College Music Opportunities
11:00am: Session Two
›››Rogene Russell: Oboe Master Class
›››Saxton Rose: Extended Techniques for Bassoon
12noon: Making Your Practice Count! (Scott Pool and Rogene Russell)
12:30pm: Lunch (provided)
1:30pm: Oboe and Bassoon Rehearsals
2:30pm: Combined Oboe/Bassoon Rehearsal
3:30pm: Closing Concert featuring Double Reed Day Participants, Irons Recital Hall

The clinic will be held in the Music Wing of the Fine Arts Building on the UTA Campus
Click here for a map locating our building on the UTA campus
We are in the Fine Arts Building, marked "FA" on the map, near the corner of Greek Row and Nedderman Drive
Free parking on Saturdays is available in lots F8, F9, and F6 on the map

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

WHAT GRADES ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND?
All double reed students in grades 5-12 are welcome.

WHAT DO I BRING?
Just you, your instrument and your reeds. If you have any reed-making tools, bring those, too.

DOES IT COST ANYTHING?
No! The clinic is free and we also will provide lunch free of charge.

WILL THERE BE ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS?
Parents are welcome to attend the opening recital at 9am. At 10am an information sesssion for parent will be held, covering topics related to college opportunities for double-reed players. During the remainder of the day, parents are welcome to observe any session where space is available. At 3:30pm, everyone is welcome to join us for the closing concert where all participants will be performing.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
Email Professor of Bassoon, Dr. Scott Pool at cspool@uta.edu or call 817-272-2484

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