and
Joseph Robinson
present
Duke Double Reed Days: Registration Form
To register, please send this form and a check payable to Duke University
(with "Double Reed Days" written in the memo line) by March 15 to:
Although we prefer you to register in advance, you may
also register at the door on Saturday, March 24.
Your Instrument: __________________________
Email/Phone: _____________________________
Joseph Robinson
Duke University Department of Music, Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708
Name: ___________________________________
Address: _________________________________
___________________________________
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Elizabeth Tomlin
Piano
(Duke University)
March 24 & 25, 2007
A registration fee of $100 is required for attendance at all events,
except for the Gala Recital on Sunday evening, which is free and open to the public.
Michael Burns
Assoc. Professor
of Bassoon
(University of North
Carolina at Greensboro)
DOUBLE
REED DAYS
Brenda Neece
Curator
Duke University
Musical Instrument
Collections
Laura Wallis
Representative
Midwest Musical
Imports
Keisuke Ikuma
Oboe & English horn
Hudson Valley
Philharmonic
& NY freelance
Robin Driscoll
Principal Oboe
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Ballet
(Baldwin-Wallace,
Univ. of Pittsburgh)
The Duke University Department of Music
Master Class Series
ASSISTING
ARTISTS
Schedule of Events
Saturday, March 24
Sunday, March 25
Enrollment and check-in
(Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building)
Second Master Class
(Robinson, Ikuma, Kuuskmann)
9 am
~
10 am
10 am
~
1 pm
Survey of the History of Double Reed Instruments
Brenda Neece, Duke University
Break for lunch
11 am
Instrument workshops
Everything Oboists Ever Wanted
to Know about Gouging
(Robin Driscoll, Baldwin-Wallace)
or
A New Approach to Bassoon Reed-Making
(Michael Burns*, UNC-Greensboro)
~
Marcel Tabuteau's Basic Principles
of the Interpretive Art
Joseph Robinson, Duke University
~
1 pm
Break for lunch
~
2-5 pm
Instrument workshops
Oboe Reed-Making, etc. (Joseph Robinson)
or
Secrets of the English horn (Keisuke Ikuma)
or
Bassoon playing in the 21st Century
(Martin Kuuskmann)
~
5 pm
Break for dinner
~
7 pm
First Master Class
(Robinson, Ikuma, Kuuskmann)
~
2-5 pm
(Rehearsal for the evening recital:
Robinson, Wallis, Ikuma, and Kuuskmann)
~
8 pm
Gala Double Reed Recital
(free and open to the public)
~
9:30 pm
Farewell Party
Woodwind repair specialist
Jason Onks
will be onsite both days
to provide free instrument adjustments
and minor repairs.
* Michael Burns is appearing courtesy of Yamaha
Joseph Robinson, Artistin-Residence at Duke
University, was principal
oboist of the New York
Philharmonic from 19782005 and studied directly
with Marcel Tabuteau,
great progenitor of the
American School of oboe
playing.
Prior to being chosen to
join the Philharmonic by Zubin Mehta in 1977, Mr.
Robinson was a faculty member of the North
Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and
Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony under
Robert Shaw. An exclusive teacher at the Manhattan
School of Music for 27 years, Mr. Robinson counts
many important oboists among his former students,
including principal players in the Boston and San
Francisco Symphonies and the Kennedy Center
Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
Martin Kuuskmann is an
exciting young soloist, an
undisputed bassoon virtuoso whose repertoire
spans from the early
Baroque to jazz and contemporary music. He has
appeared with orchestras
and festivals throughout
Europe, Canada, Japan,
Australia, and the U.S.
The New York Times has recently praised Martin
Kuuskmann’s playing as "dynamic...amazing...
gripping...." Kuuskmann has premiered seven new
bassoon concertos written especially for him by
some of the leading composers of our time, including American composer David Chesky, Austrian
composer HK Gruber, and jazz great John Patitucci.
In 2007, Kuuskmann will be joining the faculty at
the Manhattan School of Music.