The IDRS Executive board has adopted a new policy regarding access to IDRS publications. THE COMPLETE DIGITAL ARCHIVE of IDRS publications, from issue No. 1 entitled To The World’s Bassoonists (1968) to the most current issue, is available to IDRS members (excluding institutional members). Non-IDRS members must join the society if they wish to gain access to the archive. To access the archive, login to www.idrs.org and select publications.

IDRS members must enter a different username and password (not your www.idrs.org username and password) to access publications. We are building an interface that will allow members to access publication archives using their own www.idrs.org. We appreciate your patience during this transitional period.

To see the username and password to access the digital archive of IDRS publications, please do the following:

1. Login to www.idrs.org

2. Select Publications from the menu bar.

3. Select one of the following:

• To The World’s Bassoonists
• To The World’s OboistThe Double Reed – Archives
• The Double Reed – Archives
• The Journal of the IDRS

4. Reselect  your choice AGAIN from the pull-down menu

5. Select Find Records

6. Look for the username and password under Excerpt Abstract column.

The www.idrs.org is the only resource that houses all IDRS publications. In addition to publication archives, IDRS members have access to:

*FREE SCORES AND SHEET MUSIC available at www.IDRS.org to download and print. Oboe and bassoon concertos, woodwind quintets (complete scores and parts for Danzi, Reicha, and Cambini), etude books including Barret, Ferling, Brod, and dozens of other chamber music works, including some one-of-a-kind chamber music scores and parts.

*RECORDINGS (midi files) of many of the etudes above are at www.IDRS.org. These are especially valuable for students to learn tempi, check notes, hear expanded accompaniments, etc.

* A complete searchable IDRS MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

*VIDEOS Streaming videos of conference concerts, recitals, master classes, interviews, and a complete video archive of the Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox competition from 2002 to present. Over 200 video streams, and the archive is growing. All video streams are catalogued and searchable.

Responsibilities: Teach graduate and undergraduate applied oboe and studio classes, including repertoire and pedagogy, reed-making, and chamber ensembles. Additional duties may include teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in the candidate’s area of expertise, or as assigned by the Chair of the School of Music. Contribute to an active community of faculty and students by engaging in local, state, regional and national performing activities; including performing with Solaris – faculty quintet in residence at The University of Akron.

The School of Music, comprised of 441 music majors, is searching for a dynamic teacher and performer capable of recruiting and maintaining a vibrant oboe studio. Master of Music degree and successful teaching and performing experience required. Rank: Part-Time Instructor – Music (Oboe). Start Date: Fall 2010. Application deadline: April 1, 2010 or until filled.

Send letter of application, official transcripts, curriculum vitae, three current letters of recommendation, a list of names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses for three additional references, and a CD or DVD of a recent unedited performance to:

The University of Akron, Attn: George Pope, Chair, Oboe Search Committee,
School of Music, Akron, OH 44325-1002.

URL: http://uakron.edu/music/

The appointment will be part-time. The position will begin – Fall 2010. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply and those with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodations. The University of Akron is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

The University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL) has an opening for a tenure track position in Double Reeds.

Teaching responsibilities will include applied oboe and bassoon, woodwind ensembles, and building the university’s double reed program in addition to teaching in other areas dependent on the strength of the candidate. For further information, requirements and application procedure go to http://www.southalabama.edu/music/doublereedposition.
Review of applications will begin March 19, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

Ray Still 90th Birthday Celebration!!!

March 15, 2010
Honoring Ray Still, principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony for forty years (1953-1993) and former Northwestern University faculty (1960-2004).
Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University
Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston, IL

5:00PM Ray Still Master Class
7:30PM Celebration Concert and Reception

Free and open to the the public! For more information, please email RayStillEvent@u.northwestern.edu

Wake Your Wild Voice (2009) for bassoon, with cello (world premiere)
Commissioned by Birmingham Conservatoire,
with support from RVW Trust & Leche Trust
Judith Weir (b.1954) Pub: Chester Novello

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Oboist and IDRS member Gonzalo X. Ruiz received a Grammy nomination today for a recording with Ensemble Sonnerie of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suites. The nomination is in the Best Small Ensemble Performance category in classical music. Congratulations Gonzalo!

The full list of Classical Grammy nominations for 2009 can be found here

The Solaris Wind Quintet will perform the Arnold Schoenberg Quintet, Op. 26, on Sunday, November 22, 2009, at 5:30pm in Guzzetta Recital Hall, 139 E. Buchtel Ave., at The University Of Akron, 44325-1002.  The concert, titled “A Viennese Salon,” will present the Schoenberg Quintet in the historical/cultural context of the 1920’s in Vienna with poetry and art by Kandinsky and popular music by Kurt Weill and Louis Armstrong. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 330-972-6575.

Members of Solaris (Quintet-in-residence at The University Of Akron) are Kristina Belisle Jones, clarinet, Cynthia Watson, oboe, Barrick Stees, bassoon, George Pope, flute, and William Hoyt, horn. Solaris will be joined by Megan Elk, mezzo soprano, and members of The New World Performance Laboratory, also in residence at UA. Digital videoscape acompaniment by The Cosmicswandive, a media art team from Eunsu Kang’s New Media class of The Myers School of Art at UA.

Solaris will be performing in The Rocky River Artist Concert Series on Sunday, February 28, 2010.  Their recently recorded CD of Scott Joplin Rags should be available in Spring of 2010.

http://www3.uakron.edu/music/calendars/

PROFILE: The University of North Carolina School of the Arts – School of Music seeks an outstanding artist/teacher with an established performing career to guide students and provide an artistic model in a performing arts conservatory setting.

DUTIES: Recruit, teach, and advise a studio of 12 or more highly qualified oboe majors. Teach weekly lessons, master classes, orchestral repertoire classes, coach chamber music, enrichment classes for the oboe studio and other duties as assigned by the Dean of Music. Maintain an active performing career, participate in faculty performances and the faculty woodwind ensemble. Maintain an appropriate presence on campus for full-time faculty, including participation in faculty activities.

QUALIFICATIONS: Record of significant, ongoing accomplishment as a performer. Demonstrated effectiveness in recruiting and teaching. Master of Music or equivalent professional experience required.

POSITION: Full-time position begins Fall 2010; salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and level of appointment.

APPLY: Letter of application, résumé, contact information for at least three references, and one or more representative recordings, including a recent live solo performance, should be sent to the address below.

Saxton Rose, Oboe Search Chair
UNCSA School of Music
1533 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27127

Other materials, including teaching video and transcripts, may be requested at a later time. Woodwind faculty currently includes: Tadeu Coelho, flute; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Saxton Rose, bassoon; Taimur Sullivan, saxophone.

DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin February 8, 2010 and continue until the position is filled.

Download the announcement as a pdf

The Youth Orchestra Foundation of Chile will hold the 1º Reed Conference in Chile this month. Topics covered will be clarinet, oboe and bassoon, reeds, solo and chamber music repertoire. The conference is aimed at teachers and instructors, students of all levels, members of youth orchestras, children and professionals. The activities will be conducted by professors Rubén Albornoz (oboe), Ezequiel Fainguersch (bassoon) and Jorge Montilla (clarinet), and will be held from 26 to 28 November 2009 in Santiago, Chile.

To register or obtain more information: http://www.orquestajuvenil.cl/node/585.

Registration deadline: November 20, 2009.

The IDRS Video Enhancement Project on www.idrs.org is now complete.  The video archive available on www.idrs.org is now served via a database engine. The database engine permits members to search through all IDRS video recordings on the www.idrs.org site with the use of key words. For example, upon entering the key words “low strings,” the database will find video performances of the Concerto for bassoon and low strings (1975), by Sofia Gubaidulina, and the Concerto for bassoon and low strings, by Ana Sokolovic, both performed by Stephane Levesque during the most recent IDRS conference at Birmingham, UK. Both examples are also in HD! The database also allows for a broad search. For example, one can find and display all thirty-five available video recordings of performances and master classes from the 2006 IDRS conference. To access the video site, members can look for the multimedia link on the www.idrs.org home page.

Currently, there are 210 video segments available on www.idrs.org, which are comprised of performances, master classes, interviews and a complete video archive of the Fernand Gillet – Hugo Fox International Competition from the past seven years. All video segments of performances are available to IDRS members only.

In 2002, Yoshi Ishikawa, editor of IDRS OnLine publications and former president of IDRS (1994-1997), conceived, created, and began the IDRS Video Enhancement Project. The objective of this project has been to produce one-of-a-kind, historical, and innovative video segments, which will inspire, educate, and entertain performers, pedagogues and students of double reed instruments. The goal has been to make available these video segments to the public via the most current technology.

Ishikawa is assisted by Saxton Rose, associate editor of IDRS OnLine publications. The current and former video crew includes Saxton Rose, Brian Jack, Michael Christoph, Eric Johnson and George Downing. Ishikawa is the professor bassoon performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Music, and Saxton Rose is a member of the artist faculty (bassoon performance) at the University of North Carolina, School of Music. Both Yoshi Ishikawa and Saxton Rose are active as soloists and have performed and presented master classes throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, and South America. Video segments, which feature both Ishikawa and Rose, are part of the IDRS Video collection.