Double Reed Day and The String Experience to be held
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Saturday, Oct. 20 Oboists and bassoonists are invited to spend the day working with the double reed faculty and SUNY Fredonia students in a supportive and encouraging setting. Sunday, Oct. 21 The String Experience will put the focus on high school violinists, violists, cellists and bassists. |
Special events designed specifically for middle and high school instrumentalists are being hosted by the Fredonia School of Music.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, middle and high school students will participate in Double Reed Day 2007, a workshop for double reed instrument players. Oboists and bassoonists are invited to spend the day working with the double reed faculty and SUNY Fredonia students in a supportive and encouraging setting.
Dr. Sarah Hamilton of the School of Music notes the day will include a master class focusing on solo performing and techniques of playing; a reed-making master class focusing on how to adjust double reeds so they will work more easily and successfully; coached double reed chamber music reading sessions, and a final group reading of Handel’s “Water Music,” conducted by Dr. David Rudge, director of Orchestras and Opera at Fredonia.
New to the event this year will be a class to start first time oboe and bassoon players, and free double reed repair by woodwind repair technician Brenda Small. Participating in her first Double Reed Day will be bassoonist Laura Koepke, a new member of the School of Music faculty.
Parents and teachers are encouraged to attend the day’s events, and in particular, the final concert at 2:30 p.m. in the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall.
On Sunday, Oct. 21, The String Experience: 2007 will put the focus on high school violinists, violists, cellists and bassists. Musicians will interact with other string players and later attend a concert with School of Music faculty artists including cellist Dr. Natasha Farny, bassist Dr. Harry Jacobson, violinist Janet Sung, violinist Maureen Yuen, and new viola faculty member, David Rose.
The high school string players will have the opportunity to work in small sessions with conservatory-trained Fredonia faculty, developing performance skills, working on issues of stage performance and the audition process, and improving technical skills such as shifting techniques, intonation, octaves and thirds, and more.
Dr. Rudge will offer a Free Improvisation Session as an introduction for string players who have never improvised, which will also provide an opportunity for those who have had previous experience in improvisation.
A 4 p.m. gala concert in the Rosch Recital Hall will include SUNY Fredonia students and faculty performing the Brahms G major sextet, as well as the music of Rossini and Schubert.
Again, teachers and parents are encouraged to attend the day’s events with students.
For registration and fee information for both programs, interested persons should contact the Fredonia School of Music at 716-673-3686, or go the School of Music website and click on the link for Workshops and Summer Camps. The student fee includes lunch. There will be also registration the day of the workshops at an additional charge (payment by check only on day of the event).
