2026 Masterclass Application Form

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Oboe

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Masterclasses

Oboe

Jung Choi – From Reed to Rhetoric: Building Expression from the Ground Up

Peter Cooper – Brahms in Professional Oboe Auditions

Nicholas Daniel – Metamorphoses after Ovid

Galit Kaunitz – Solo Recital Repertoire for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Ari Cohen Mann – Phrasing with Finesse

Bassoon Family

Nanci Belmont – Musical Storytelling: Maximizing Your Expressive Potential

Yoshi Ishikawa – The Art of Phrasing

Quincey Trojanowski – Orchestral Excerpts for Bassoon

Frank Morelli – The Bassoon Is Your Voice

Stephanie Patterson – More Than Just the Notes: Connecting with Audiences

Shibin Song – Masterclass for Bassoon with Standard Repertoire, in Chinese, German or English

Historical Performance – Oboe/Bassoon

Wouter Vershuren – Playing Bach with Style: Cello Suites 1-3 on the bassoon

Katarzyna Pilipiuk – Baroque Oboe

Chamber Music Ensembles

IDRS Chamber Music Membership Committee
A Coaching opportunity open to chamber ensembles composed of students, avocational players, and/or emerging professionals of any age or educational level.

Workshops / Interactive Classes

Please also check any of these interactive classes that might interest you. These workshops are interactive classes and volunteer performers will be encouraged to participate.

Oboe and Bassoon

Alfonso Fernández Vargas – Workshop: Improvisation for Double Reed: Expanding Expressive Boundaries

Oboe

Michele Fiala – Workshop: Setting the Tone: Essential Beginnings for Young Oboists

Andrew W. Parker – Workshop: Fix It in Five

Laura Medisky – Workshop: Oboe Dojo: Connecting Mind, Body, and Sound

Bassoon

Gabriel Beavers – Workshop: Zwillich Bassoon Concerto workshop

Darrel Hale – Workshop: From the Ground Up: A Guide to Starting Your Bassoon Orchestral Excerpt Practice Journey

Joseph Grimmer – Workshop: Beyond the Excerpt List: How Orchestral Auditions Are Actually Won

Benjamin Moermond – Workshop: Open workshop for orchestral excerpts

Brigit Pacher – Workshop: Externalize the Thinking

Fernando Traba – Workshop: Interactive class for avocational bassoonists

Please give your order of preference for all classes you'd like to be considered for. You may be selected to participate in a class that is not of your first choice.(Required)

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Agreements

Confirmation Deadline(Required)

I will confirm my participation and register for the IDRS 2026 conference by May 15, 2026. Failure to do so will cause me to lose my place to applicants on the reserve list.

Registration Requirement:(Required)

I understand I will need to register for the conference if I am accepted. Click here to register for IDRS 2026

Requirement: IDRS Membership(Required)

I am a current IDRS member (Join IDRS here)

Recording release agreement: (Required for participation)(Required)

Every year IDRS records selected conference performances and presentations for the IDRS membership. These recordings are made available as a service to IDRS members on a non-commercial basis. In addition to audio recordings, IDRS will also live stream and video conference events for the society’s archives. All rights will belong to IDRS. IDRS may edit these video recordings and will make available all or selected portions of the events on the official website of IDRS www.idrs.org.

I hereby authorize the release of my performance at the IDRS 2026 conference for non-commercial use by conference attendees and IDRS members. This includes audio recordings and video recordings for the IDRS archives and website.