Mr. Donald Christlieb, bassoonist and musical director of the Menhemmick Chamber Players, has been a moving and vital force behind chamber music in Los Angeles. For 29 years Mr. Christlieb has been first bassoonist with the 20th Century Fox Studio Orchestra and his treatise on the making of bassoon reeds is read throughout the world and is used as a text in many universities and colleges. Truly Mr. Christlieb brings to the conference program a unique ability and new dimension to conference sessions.
The English bassoonist, William Waterhouse, has had a most varied and extensive career as an orchestral player, soloist, teacher and scholar of his chosen instrument. His professional experience includes performance under such conductors as Toscanini, Cantelli, Furtwangler and Karajan. In 1958 he became principal bassoonist in the London Symphony and later became coprincipal bassoonist with the BBC Symphony. His scholarly activities include the first published bibliography of bassoon music.
Mr. Robert Cowart holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University. From 1959 to 1965 Mr. Cowart was English horn and first oboe with the Atlanta, Georgia Symphony. In 1965 Mr. Cowart came to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra where he has been oboist and solo English horn since that time. His superb artistry on the English horn ranks him among the foremost performers on this instrument in America today.
Mr. Ray Still has been first oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1954 and is an active soloist with the Orchestra and in the area of chamber music. Born in Indiana he attended high school in Los Angeles, California and completed his musical education at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Mr. Still brings to the conference not only a highly distinctive musical reputation but the skill of a master artist and performer.
Mr. Lawrence J. Intravaia is presently a faculty member of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University m Carbondale, Illinois where he teaches bassoon, saxophone and clarinet and is a member of the faculty wind quintet of the University. As a performer Dr. Intravaia played professionally with numerous radio and dance orchestras in the Midwest area. In addition, he has been active as an arranger for radio, dance bands, concert orchestras, as well as concert and marching bands.
Lewis Hugh Cooper is Professor of Music at The University of Michigan. Mr. Cooper served as a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for 17 years and is the author of the book ESSENTIALS IN BASSOON TECHNIQUE, an encyclopedia of bassoon fingerings and their usage. In addition, Mr. Cooper is an internationally known bassoon clinician and acoustical consultant to woodwind makers in the design and manufacture of bassoons.
