Welcome to IDRS.org, the official website of the International Double Reed Society, the world-wide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts.
IDRS.org is the most comprehensive site dedicated to the dissemination of information related directly to double reed performance, pedagogy, and research. The IDRS.org project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Colorado, College of Music.
Available from the site are: IDRS publications since the inception of the organization in 1972; one-of-a-kind video, audio and podcasts of performances, master classes and interviews of world-renowned double reed professionals, emerging artists and master teachers; complete audio/video/text archive of the Gillet-Fox international competition; double reed music including complete woodwind quintets by Danzi, Reicha and Cambini; database driven information resource system... Read more »
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The Saarburger Serenaden, a three-year-old chamber music festival in Saarburg, Germany, has bassoon openings for this coming summer, July 1-15, 2012. Talented high school, undergraduate, and graduate students are encouraged to apply.
Saarburg is in southwestern Germany, not far from Luxembourg. The festival is known for its distinguished faculty, beautiful and charming town and region. [...]
The IDRS has an offer that is actually a win-win-win! If you are hosting a Double Reed Day the IDRS offers a special Student Online Membership with REWARDS! [...]
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION for BASSOON ENSEMBLE
20-22 April 2012 in STRASBOURG / France
This competition is organised as part of the 7th International Bassoon Festival
of the French “Association Bassons.”
Application deadline: March 1, 2012
Download the program: http://www.bassons.com/pages/articles/pdf/pdf_10.pdf
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY – Assistant Professor – Double Reeds (oboe, primary emphasis). EFFECTIVE DATE: August, 2012.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach double reeds with oboe as primary emphasis and bassoon as secondary emphasis, develop and actively recruit for studio, teach double reed component of woodwind methods, coordinate and oversee student woodwind chamber ensemble [...]
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