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!  If an attendee at your DR Day signs up for a $35 Student Online Membership (forms provided, just email me at trevcomusic@msn.com for a pdf that you can reproduce.  Form also available for online membership) and references your event on the form, the host or presenter will receive 50% ($17.50) back from the IDRS for each new student membership.  If you get 20 students to sign up, that’s $350!  The triple win is 1) the student gets all the fantastic benefits and resources provided by the IDRS, 2) the hosts get money back for just announcing the promotion, 3) and the IDRS gets one more new member.  It couldn’t be easier.  As a reminder, a $35 Student Online Membership also makes a great Birthday or Holiday gift from mom and dad, aunt or uncle, or the grandparents…and it gives for a full year!

For more information, click here.

Trevor Cramer

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 program, and teach other courses depending on the qualifications of the candidate and needs of the department. Teaching experience in theory/aural skills, music appreciation, and/or woodwind methods class is highly desirable. Perform in the faculty woodwind ensemble.

QUALIFICATIONS: Master’s degree in oboe/double reed performance, required; doctoral degree, preferred. Active solo and collaborative performer. Preference is given to applicants with a record of successful recruiting and studio/program building. Record of, potential for, or expectation of excellence in collegiate teaching, research/creative endeavors, and professional service. Commitment to undergraduate level instruction. Knowledge of current performance and pedagogical trends in music education. Candidates without the doctorate must document equivalent experience and expertise, including evidence of significant performance and teaching experience.

RANK AND SALARY: Assistant Professor, tenure-track (with doctorate); Instructor level, non-tenure track (without doctorate).

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC: The ETSU Department of Music offers Bachelor of Music degrees in music education and performance. A faculty of twelve full-time and fifteen part-time instructors in the department serves approximately 100 majors, in addition to over 600 non-majors in music elective classes each year. Students perform in a variety of ensembles, including concert bands, jazz bands, orchestra, university chorale and smaller vocal ensembles, opera workshop, and instrumental chamber ensembles. The department offers the only Suzuki flute pedagogy program in the country.

UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY: East Tennessee State University is a regional state-supported public institution serving over 15,000 students, and is located in a beautiful, prosperous southern Appalachian Mountain community. Johnson City (population over 60,000) is part of the Tri-Cities area with a combined population of over 500,000. It is metropolitan in population (close to a million people within a seventy-mile radius), but provides a friendly, small town atmosphere. Numerous professional performance opportunities are available throughout the Tri-Cities area and east Tennessee region.

APPLICATIONS: Complete an online application at https://jobs.etsu.edu. You will be asked to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three current references (name, position/school, email, and phone number). Applicants will need to send the following under separate cover: three current letters of recommendation, and a DVD or CD of a recent performance (contrasting styles of music, preferred). No materials will be returned. Do not send transcript copies at this time, this will be requested of candidates at a later date.

Send the requested materials to: Double Reeds Search Committee, Department of Music, East Tennessee State University, Box 70661, Johnson City, TN 37614.

Deadline for submission of application materials: December 12, 2011. Review of materials will begin at this time and continue until position is filled. ETSU is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution and is fully in accord with the belief that educational and employment opportunities should be available to all eligible persons without regard to age, sex, color, race, national origin, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. ETSU employs only U.S. citizens and aliens authorized to work in the United States.

Download the mp3: http://www.idrs.org/multimedia/podcasts/Garfield1.mp3
or subscribe on iTunes

Interview with Bernard Garfield, former Principal Bassoonist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and an International Double Reed Society honorary member. Part 1 presents his recollections of studying piano and bassoon and his work with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The interview was recorded in June 9, 2010. Copyright 2011 by Terry B. Ewell and International Double Reed Society.
12 ½ minutes

Position: Artist/Teacher of Oboe. Full-time (9-month), tenure track at the rank of Assistant Professor. Starting date is August 16, 2012. Required qualifications are: Master of Music in Oboe Performance. Demonstrated effectiveness of solo and chamber music performance and successful teaching at the college level. Desired qualifications are: Doctor of Musical Arts in Oboe Performance. Evidence of success in undergraduate and graduate recruiting and mentoring. Experience guiding graduate creative activity at the doctoral level. Creative/scholarly accomplishments demonstrated through national and international performances, master classes, presentations at music educator forums, recordings, publications, and/or professional leadership. Responsibilities are: Teach and recruit undergraduate and graduate oboe students in music degree programs and coach woodwind chamber ensembles. Perform with the Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet. Serve on graduate committees including DMA research documents. Work with ensemble areas for auditions and placement in major ensembles and chamber music. Contribute to School, College and University service. Maintain an active and visible international, national and regional performance and outreach schedule.

Applicants should submit the following: (1) letter of application, (2) complete vita, (3) CD and/or DVD formatted recent performances of solo and chamber music reflecting stylistic variety, and (4) three current letters of recommendation.

SEND TO:
Dr. Valerie Watts, Chair
Oboe Search Committee
University of Oklahoma School of Music
500 West Boyd, Room 138
Norman, OK 73019

Screening will begin October 17, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. For additional information, please call (405) 325-2081; FAX (405) 325-7574. The complete vacancy announcement is available at: music.ou.edu/home/faculty_vacancies.html.

The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Popkin was a mentor and inspiration to bassoonists worldwide not only at UNCSA, but also as the founder along with Loren Glickman of the Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp, which is now going into its 34th year.  He was a wonderful orchestral and chamber musician with numerous recordings to his name.  He played in various major orchestras, including the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in New York City for over 30 years.  He was an innovator in reed making, producing his own tools and co-authoring “Bassoon Reed Making, Maintenance, and Repair” with fellow bassoonist Loren Glickman.

Popkin’s students can be found in orchestras and universities across the globe.  Through them, his legacy will be preserved.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp Scholarship Fund.  Make checks payable to the Wildacres Foundation with GP Bassoon Camp in the memo line.  Donations can be sent to:

717 S. Marshall St. Suite #103
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Services will be held at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, NC on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 6pm.
by Kristen Goguen

Congratulations to everyone who entered the ADRA 2011 Double Reed Competition. The finalists selected for the competition are (in alphabetical order by last name):

Oboe

Chi-Yuen Cheng, Hong Kong
Qing Lin, China
Sun Shih Han, Taiwan
Nieh Yu Hsuan, Taiwan
Yu-Hey Sze, Hong Kong
(Alternate) Pie-Ling Liao, Taiwan

Bassoon

Benjamin Cefkin, United States of America
Jung-Tzu Lin, Taiwan
Laura Miller, United States of America
Vince Ocampo, Phillipines
Shih Min Tang, Taiwan
(Alternate) Ting Yuen Chan, Hong Kong

The alternates will be invited in case that a finalist is unable to play in the final round. 

The tape round judges were:

Christopher Schaub, Professor of Bassoon at Mahidol University (Chair)
Patrawut Punputhaphong, Principal Bassoon of the Thailand Philharmonic
Orchestra
Amy Galbraith, Professor of Oboe at Mahidol University
Keri McCarthy, Professor of Oboe at Washington State University
Hiroshi Matsushima, Professor of Flute at Mahidol University

The final round will take place on August 16, 2011, at the College of Music, Mahidol University, Thailand. For more information about the ADRA, the conference, or the competition, see www.doublereedasia.org.

The following is the repertoire for the 2012 Gillet-Fox Bassoon Competition to be held during the IDRS Conference at Miami University in July of 2012 in Oxford, Ohio. Applications will be available soon.

• Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sonata in C major, Masters Music or Editio Musica Budapest), entire work, all repeats
• Paul Jeanjean: Prelude et scherzo (Leduc or Masters, ossia is permissible)
• George Perle: BassoonMusic (E.C. Schirmer)
• Franz Berwald: Concert Piece, op. 2 (Barenreiter; for the competition finals only)

Contact Peter Kolkay, Chair, for more information:
Telephone: (803) 777-3121
E-mail: pkolkay@mozart.sc.edu

The following is the repertoire for the 2012 Young Artist Oboe Competition to be held during the IDRS Conference at Miami University in July of 2012 in Oxford, Ohio. Applications will be available soon.

• Vivaldi Concerto in a minor, RV 461 (edition of performer’s choice)
• Bozza Fantasie Pastorale
• Hindemith Sonata, Movement Two
• Paul Reade Aspects of a Landscape for Solo Oboe

Contact Michele Fiala, Chair, for more information:
Telephone: (740) 593-1625
E-mail: michele@fiala.com

• First Prize:
  Emmanuel Laville
  Principal Oboe Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  Student of Stefan Schilli, David Walter, Jacques Tys
• Second Prize:
  Elizabeth Priestly Siffert
  Principal Oboe Houston Grand Opera and Ballet
  Student of Richard Killmer, Robert Atherholt, Robin Hough and Denise Zoch

Honorable Mentions:
• Jung Choi
  Assistant Principal Oboist Korean Symphony Orchestra
  Student of Richard Killmer, Yunjung Lee, Su Keum Kim and Jongduk Kim
• Erica Cice
  Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
  Student of Louis Rosenblatt, Richard Woodhams and Wayne Rapier
• Risa Soejima
  Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
  Student of Christian Schmitt