Ohio University Woodwind Day
OHIO UNIVERSITY WOODWIND DAY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2023
9:30AM-5:30PM
Registration Opens Soon!
All high school and college students and woodwind amateurs/enthusiasts/professionals are welcome!
Join the Ohio University woodwind faculty and current students for a full day of fun and educational woodwind activities for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone. Activities will include: flute, clarinet, saxophone and double-reed choirs; workshops on jazz improvisation, yoga and other topics; individual instrument master classes; faculty and guest artist recitals; and dining at the coolest restaurants on picturesque Court Street in Athens — named a best small art town in America!
Event Questions:
Contact Rebecca Rischin or Alison Sincoff for further information.
Rebecca Rischin, Chair of the Woodwind Division rischin@ohio.edu
Alison Brown Sincoff, Assistant Director for Recruitment browna2@ohio.edu
2024 Featured and Guest Artists
Dwight Parry
Principal Oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (OH)
About
Dwight Perry is the principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and newly appointed Assistant Professor of Oboe at Bowling Green State University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Oboe and Chamber Music at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is a versatile and passionate soloist, an avid chamber musician and an active advocate for new music, performing and teaching around the world. Mr. Parry's background in jazz has led him to pursue a career that spans from concert halls to the streets ofNew Orleans, where he has sat in and improvised with Dixie bands. MORE
Alexander Bernstein
Assistant Professor of Piano at the Shenandoah Conservatory
About
After making his symphonic debut in 1999, Bernstein has performed concerti with orchestras in the United States and Europe, most recently including performances of Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Ireland and the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in Virginia. He has given solo recitals in the United States, Canada, Ireland, the U.K., Germany, Italy and Romania.
Bernstein is an avid devotee of new music, studying and premiering works of living composers as well as Berio, Ligeti, Ives, and Cage. In September 2015 he recorded a solo CD of works by the Irish composer Ryan Molloy. MORE
Garrick Zoeter
Professor of Clarinet at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA
About
American clarinetist Garrick Zoeter’s passionate and exciting way with the clarinet has been acknowledged around the world. Zoeter is the founding member of the acclaimed multi-award-winning clarinet, violin, cello, piano quartet Antares. From 1997-2012 with Antares, he annually gave performances around the United States at such prestigious venues as The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, Aspen Music Festival, Strathmore, Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis, Carnegie Recital Hall, Market Square Concerts, The Library of Congress, The Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art, and Cincinnati Chamber Music Society. MORE
Previous Example Schedules (subject to change)
Flute Activities (aka Flute Fest)
9:00 am — Registration in 4th floor lobby of Glidden Hall
9:30 AM — Welcome and Performance by the Ohio University Woodwind Faculty (Recital Hall)
10:05 AM — WW Day Group Photo with Instruments (EVERYONE!) (Recital Hall)
10:15 AM — Tone, Technique and Time with Flute Fest Guest, Megan Ensor (Room 494)
11:15 AM — Flute Fest Ice-breaker, 1st Flute Choir Rehearsal (Room 494)
12:15 PM — Lunch (All students escorted to a variety of eateries on Court Street; bring money!)
1:30 PM — Flute/Piccolo Masterclass with Megan Ensor (Room 494)
3:00 PM — Flute Fest Photo and 2nd Flute Choir Rehearsal (Room 494)
4:15 PM — Tune, line up and begin moving to Recital Hall for Concert
4:30 PM — Concert Finale (Megan Ensor and Flute Fest Choir) (Recital Hall)
Oboe Activities
9:00 am — Registration in 4th floor lobby of Glidden Hall
9:30 AM — Welcome and Performance by the Ohio University Woodwind Faculty in Recital Hall
10:05 AM — WW Day Group Photo with Instruments (Faculty, Registered Guests & VA’s ONLY) in Glidden Recital Hall
10:20AM — Faculty Oboe Recital in Glidden Recital Hall
11-12:15pm — High School Oboe Masterclass: How to get in shape after marching band in Rm 472
12:15-1:15pm — Lunch Break
1:15-2:30pm — Oboe Reedmaking: Glidden Rm 472
2:45pm — Double Reed Reeding Session and Bassoon Faculty Performance (nearby, offsite) at Christ Lutheran Church at 69 Mill St.
Clarinet Activities
9:00 am — Registration in 4th floor lobby of Glidden Hall
9:30 AM — Welcome and Performance by the Ohio University Woodwind Faculty in Recital Hall
10:05 AM — WW Day Group Photo with Instruments (Faculty, Registered Guests & VA’s ONLY) in Glidden Recital Hall
10:20 AM — Clarinet Master Class with S. Jankauskas in Glidden Rm 540
12:10 PM — Get-to-Know-Eachother Games w/OU Student Leaders in Glidden Rm 540
12:40 PM — Lunch and Break to Explore Exhibits: Court St. and Glidden 4th floor lobby (Bring money!)
2:00 PM — Clarinet Recital by Jankauskas in Glidden Rm 101
2:35 PM — Clarinet Choir Photo Glidden Rm 101
2:45 PM — Clarinet Choir Rehearsal in Glidden Rm 101
4 :00 PM — Clarinet Choir Grand Finale Concert in Glidden Rm 101
Saxophone Activities
9:00 am — Registration in 4th floor lobby of Glidden Hall
9:30 AM: Welcome and Performance by the Ohio University Woodwind Faculty in the Recital Hall
10:05 AM: WW Day Group Photo with Instruments (EVERYONE!) in the Recital Hall
10:15 am — Saxophone Class in Room 101
11:00 am — Break
11:15 am — Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsal in Room 101
12:00 pm — Lunch on Court St. (bring lunch money!)
1:00 pm — Saxophone Class in Room 476
2:15 pm — Break
2:30 pm — Saxophone ensemble rehearsal in the Recital Hall
3:30 pm — Saxophone mini-recital featuring Saxophone Ensemble and Ohio University Saxophone Quartet
in the Recital Hall
CONNECT WITH US:
The OU Flute Studio
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Clarinet Studio
www.rebeccarischin.com for further information on Rebecca Rischin and our wonderful clarinet studio!
Ohio University Saxophone Studio
Website: ousaxstudio.weebly.com
Facebook: Ohio University Saxophone Studio