It possible to register and book accommodation through the website at idrs2009.org and, over the coming weeks, the ability to add tourist options if you are intending to extend your stay in the UK. The IDRS conference is an anual five-day event that includes concerts, recitals, master classes and workshops presented by leading double reed artists and pedagogues from around the globe. The 2009 conference will be held July 21-25,2009 at the Birmingham Conservatoire, England.
The International Double Reed Society is pleased to announce the repertoire for the first annual performance competition for young bassoonists to occure July 21-25, 2009 – Birmingham, England.
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in a minor (RV 497; F.VIII/7); François Devienne Sonata in g minor, Op. 24, No. 5, (No repeat in 1st Mvt.); Paul Hindemith Sonate für Fagott und Piano. Mvt. 2 (Schott); Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonate pour basson et piano, op. 168. Mvts. 1 & 2
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Preliminary Stage: All contestants will prepare a CD containing the following repertoire: Vivaldi: Sonata RV 28 in g minor, movements I-IV, all repeats, (Breitkopf and Hartel); Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for Oboe and Piano (Margun), movements I-III; Antal Dorati: Cinq Pieces pour le hautbois, movements 1, 2 & 5 (Boosey and Hawkes.)
Final Stage: Up to five finalists will be selected by the competition committee to compete at the IDRS Conference in 2009. Repertoire for the final round will be the same as that for the Preliminary Stage with the addition of the Oboe Concerto by Vaughan Williams, movements I-III. The winner of the competition will perform the entire Vaughan Williams Concerto on a concert during the 2009 IDRS Conference.
Ryoichi Narusawa
It is with great sadness that I report the death of the great Japanese oboist Seizo Suzuki. He passed away on January 12, 2008 at the age of 85. Professor Suzuki was the Grand Old Master for all the oboists in Japan who opened the door for the new stage of the history of oboe playing in Japan. When he started his oboe study in 1930's almost all Japanese people still considered that the oboe was an instrument which is too difficult to play in tune, always producing reedy, rough and less-expressive tone. Mr. Suzuki, however, changed the situation under influence of Leon Goossens' recordings and succeeded to "sing" on the oboe for the first time in Japan. Later, in the 1950's, he met Bert Gassman and strongly inspired by the method of orchestral playing of Tabuteau-Bloom school using long W-scrape reeds.
He also commissioned and gave birth to many works by Japanese composers such as Kishio Hirao's oboe sonata in 1952. Continue reading
Evelyn Barbirolli, principal oboist of the Scottish Orchestra 1933-36, oboist with the Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Oboe at the Royal Academy of Music, died January 25th in London. In 1971 she was appointed a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. She was also honoured by Leeds University, the Royal College of Music (where she had studied under Leon Goossens), Trinity College and the Royal Northern College, to whom she in due course presented her own large collection of wind music. This included works she had commissioned from Gordon Jacob and Arnold Cooke, among others. She was married to Sir John Barbirolli for 31 years until his death in 1970.
The Independent Obituary, The Guardian Obituary, The Telegraph Obituary
Nancy Ambrose King
In order to recognize the tremendous accomplishments of William Waterhouse (1931-2007) and Philip Bate (1909-1999) and to encourage double reed scholarship the International Double Reed Society Executive Committee is announcing the forthcoming publication of a Festschrift (celebratory publication) in honor of Waterhouse and Bate. Though aspects of the publication are technically a Gedenkschrift (memorial publication), the Society has decided that this publication not only serves as a memorial to two remarkable men, but also a celebration of their achievements and those of authors contributing to the project. Hence it will retain the title Festschrift.
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Lewis Hugh Cooper on Thursday, April 26, 2007. Professor Cooper was the first instructor of bassoon at the University of Michigan, a longtime member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and a leader in bassoon pedagogy and acoustical research. Professor Cooper will be remembered by bassoonists around the world as the co-author (with Howard Toplansky) of the most important source for bassoon fingerings ever compiled, Essentials of Bassoon Technique (first published in 1968 by Howard Toplansky, Union, New Jersey.) He also consulted with the Püchner bassoon company of Nauheim, Germany on the "Cooper Model" Püchner bassoon (see photos below.) He touched the lives of countless bassoonists through his unfailing dedication to the constant and ever widening study of the bassoon, its acoustics, its construction, its repertory and its history. Please join friends, family and students of Lewis Hugh Cooper in a celebration of his life and career on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8 pm in Britton Hall. If you are interested in participating in the event or in simply attending along with others who knew Professor Cooper, please contact Jeffrey Lyman at 734-764-2508 or at jlym@umich.edu.
After studying with Archie Camden at the Royal College of Music, William ”Bill“ Waterhouse began his professional playing career with the Philharmonia Orchestra, moving subsequently to the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Italian-Swiss Radio Orchestra (Lugano), London Symphony Orchestra and finally, the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed to teach bassoon at the Royal Manchester College of Music in 1966 where he taught for 30 years and was Curator of the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. He was a prolific writer on the bassoon, and wind instruments more generally, and was the editor of the renowned reference work The New Langwill Index: a dictionary of musical wind-instrument makers and inventors (London: Tony Bingham, 1983). He was author of the article on the bassoon for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Grove Music Online, he wrote the Yehudi Menuhin guide on the bassoon and, at the time of his death, was working on a Yale University Press monograph on the bassoon for its series on musical instruments. William Waterhouse was a vital member of the IDRS since its inception having attended the first conference in 1971. He will be profoundly missed by the double reed community. More Biographical information, Obituary
IDRS 2007 conference recordings can now be ordered by downloading a form found on the IDRS 2007 web site.
The United States Army Band Pershing’s Own announces an opening for Principal Oboe with the Army’s premier musical organization, located 10 minutes from downtown Washington, DC. For information contact: Sergeant Major Debbie McGarity at debra.l.mcgarity@us.army.mil, (703) 696-6039 or (703) 696-0206
The Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University seeks a full-time artist-teacher of oboe, to begin in Fall 2008. Duties include teaching oboe students in the Bachelor of Music program, performing in the Blair Woodwind Quintet, and possibly other teaching responsibilities as appropriate. It is expected that this artist-teacher of oboe will be successful in recruiting students, and will develop and maintain a national/international reputation for excellence in performing and teaching. Tenure-track, Assistant or Associate Professor; salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications. Candidates should possess a terminal degree and/or commensurate experience. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Send current curriculum vitae, with references, and a recent CD to: Search Committee; c/o Norma B. Gandy, Office of the Dean, Blair School of Music; Vanderbilt University; 2400 Blakemore Ave.; Nashville, TN 37212-3499.
Application: please submit a letter of application with Curriculum Vitae and CD recordings, and arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation sent. Send all application materials by October 26, 2007, to Bassoon Search, University of Virginia, P. O. Box 400176, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4176.
Baylor University announces the position of Associate or Assistant Professor of Bassoon, a tenure-track position that begins in August of 2008. This person will be responsible for teaching applied bassoon, teaching bassoon methods and woodwind literature, coaching woodwind chamber music, recruiting and maintaining a quality studio of undergraduate and graduate music majors, maintaining an active professional profile, and performing regularly with the faculty woodwind quintet. To ensure consideration, a completed application should be received by November 2, 2007. For more information, please contact Dr. Doris DeLoach at: Doris_DeLoach@baylor.edu or download a word doc with more information
This is a full-time position in the Army's premier
touring concert band. Applicants selected from
screening of recordings will be invited for a personal
interview and audition. Travel expenses for qualified
candidates will be paid by the United States Army.
Please submit a recent resume and high-quality
recording, CD preferred to:
Attn: Auditions
The U.S. Army Field Band
4214 Field Band Drive
Fort Meade, MD 20755-5330
Phone: (301) 677-5781 or 6231
More information
Please send letter of application, vita, and at least three
confidential letters of recommendation sent directly from their sources
or from an agency to:
Margaret G. Firth
School of Music
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5081
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
More information.
Teach studio bassoon, recruit and maintain a studio of outstanding graduate and undergraduate students (bassoon performance and instrumental music education), teach woodwind pedagogy courses as needed, academic instruction as needed (theory preferred, history, music literature, etc.), serve on graduate committees as needed. Complete the Faculty/Academic Administrative application at the web site http://employment.unl.edu, requisition 060880 and then submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and three current letters of reference sent under separate cover from the reference writers to: Bassoon Search Chair, UNL School of Music, 121 Westbrook Music Building, Lincoln, NE 68588-0100. Phone: 402-472-2983. Fax: 402-472-8962. Email: wmcmullen1@unl.edu. Start Date: August 2007. Application deadline: December 01, 2006.
Bassoonists who have not reached their 22nd birthday by the date of the Final round of the competition (July 23, 2009) are eligible to enter. First prize for the 2009 competition is a $2000 US cash award. Second prize is a $1000 US cash award. Honorable mention is a $500 US cash award. Application materials will be posted online shortly. Please address any questions to Eric Stomberg, chair, Young Artist Bassoon Competition (Stomberg@ku.edu). To be considered, all application materials must be received on or before April 1, 2009.
The 2008 ARD Competition will be for bassoon, viola and clarinet. Application for participation is due April 30, 2008. More information
The competition will take place from October 10 to October 18, 2009 in Karuizawa, Japan. The application for preliminary screening (recorded audition) is scheduled for May, 2009. More details will be announced soon.
The competition will be held from 23th November to 6th December, 2008 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Auditions for the categories of clarinet and bassoon will be held on December 1-6. The competition is open to musicians of any nationality, provided that they are not older than 32 on the starting date of the competition. For more information, please see: http://eng.conservatory.ru/perfrimsk08.htm
The competition is open to all bassoonists of any nationality without age limit. The first round will be held on March 14th, 2009 and the finals will be on March 15th, 2009 at 5 pm. The final round is open to the public. Competition registration fee is 50 euros. Application deadline is March 1st, 2009 More information.
We are pleased to announce an exciting new venture for IDRS: the IDRS Podcast. A new podcast will be released each month. Subscribe at iTunes. More information
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Please join us at this year's IDRS conference, a five-day event that includes concerts, recitals, master classes and workshops presented by leading double reed artists and pedagogues from around the globe. The 2009 conference will be held July 21-25,2009 at the Birmingham Conservatoire, England.
Recordings are now available from the 2007 Conference in Ithica
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Videos from the 34th IDRS Conference at The Univererersity of Texas at Austin are now online.
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