Past Events
2017-2018 (June 1-May 31)
June 6-13
XI Alfredo de Saint Malo
International Music Festival
Panama City, Panama
Guest artist and teaching residency at music festival with students age 14-27 from Colombia, Venezuela, and Panamá.
Finale Concert June 12, 7:30 p.m.
Paquito d'Rivera, soloist
June 17
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
The Psychedelic Orchestra-- Summer of Love
Benton Harbor, Michigan
7:30 p.m.
Jean Klock Park
Robin Fountain, conductor
June 20-24
46th Annual Conference of the International Double Reed Society Appleton, Wisconsin
June 22, 9:00 a.m.
Memorial Chapel
20th Century Music for Oboe and Bassoon
Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
June 23, 2:30 p.m.
Stansbury Theatre
BCMCC Competition Winners
PEN Trio
June 24, 11:30 a.m.
Stansbury Theatre
"All-Star" Double Reed Ensemble
July 9-22
SEMINAR 2017
Western Michigan University
Summer Music Camp
Performance Class
Friday, July 14, 10:00 a.m.
Dalton Recital Hall
Violin Concerto, K. 216 by W.A. Mozart
Magdalena Garbalinska, violin
Mialtin Zhezha, conductor
Performance Class
Saturday, July 15, 10:00 a.m.
Dalton Recital Hall
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano by Madeline Dring
Wendy Rose, bassoon
James Schippers, piano
Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass
After Pablo Neruda by Andrea Clearfield
Gordon Lewis, double bass
Chamber Music Festival
Saturday, June 22, 10:30 a.m.
Multi-Media Room
Woodwind Coaches: Jason Kramer, Nora Lewis, Andrew Rathbun, Helen Rathbun, Laura Zilhaver
Woodwind Coordinator: Nora Lewis
July 26-30
ClarinetFest® 2017
Orlando, Florida
Saturday, July 30th, Seminole A/B, 4:30 p.m.
Pacific by Daniel Eichenbaum
PEN Trio and Electronics
August 23
Recording Session
Dalton Center
Western Michigan University
Recording of "Entaglement," an interactive audiovisual work for oboe and computer by Christopher Biggs
September 12
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Sursa Recital Hall
5 p.m. Master Classes
7:30 p.m. Recital
New works for the PEN Trio: Wunderkammer by Charles Nichols, Pacific by Daniel Eichenbaum, and 5*4*3 Except After C by William Bradbury
September 13
Radio Interview with Cara Lieurance
WMUK 102.1, 10:00 a.m.
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bullock Performance Institute
Concert Series
Dalton Recital Hall
7:00 pre-concert talk with
Dr. Robert White
Premiere of Entanglement, an interactive audiovisual work for solo oboe and computer by Christopher Biggs
New works for the PEN Trio: Wunderkammer by Charles Nichols, Pacific by Daniel Eichenbaum, and 5*4*3 Except After C by William Bradbury
September 15
Butler University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Master Class tbd
8:00 p.m. Recital
New works for the PEN Trio: Wunderkammer by Charles Nichols, Pacific by Daniel Eichenbaum, and 5*4*3 Except After C by William Bradbury
September 16
Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana
Ford-Crawford Concert Hall
1-3 pm. Chamber Music Master Class
7 p.m. Recital
New works for the PEN Trio: Wunderkammer by Charles Nichols, Pacific by Daniel Eichenbaum, and 5*4*3 Except After C by William Bradbury
September 22
Electronic Music Midwest
Kansas City, Missouri
8 p.m.
Performance of Entanglement, an interactive audiovisual work for solo oboe and computer by Christopher Biggs
October 6-12
Residency
Escuela de Artes Musicales
Universidad de Costa Rica
San Pedro Montes de Oca,
in the province of San José
Teaching, Master classes, and Concerts
October 27
Guest Masterclass
Gabriel Renteria
in partnership with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Dalton Center 1414
2:00-3:30 p.m.
November 1
Bullock Performance Institute
Concert Series
Serenade by Arthur Bird
Western Winds
Scott Boerma, conductor
Dalton Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
November 30
MUS 6740 Class Performance
Composer/Performer Collaboration
Western Michigan University
Lecture Hall
7:30 p.m.
January 22
Guest Artist Recital
Andreas Oeste, Oboe
Duo Tierra Fria
Western Michigan University
Dalton Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
Master Class 1:00 p.m., Rehearsal B
January 26-28
SPLICE Festival
Western Michigan University
Performance of Entanglement, an interactive audiovisual work for solo oboe and computer by Christopher Biggs
January 28
Sunday Afternoon Live
Battle Creek, Michigan
Western Wind Quintet
First Congregational Church
4 p.m.
February 6
Western Winds
Scott Boerma, conductor
Dalton Center Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
February 27
University of Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona
Holsclaw Hall
9-11 a.m. Graduate Wind Quintet Coaching
7 p.m. Recital
February 28
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Katzin Concert Hall
Masterclasses TBD
5 p.m. Recital
March 22
Guest Masterclass
Celeste Johnson Frehner
Associate Professor of Oboe, UMKC
Western Michigan University
1 p.m.
April 16
Guest Masterclass
Dr. Sara Fraker
Assistant Professor of Oboe
University of Arizona
Western Michigan University
1 p.m.
May 18
PEN Trio Concert
India International Centre, New Delhi
premiere of Destellos by Juan Piñera
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
6:30 p.m.
2016-17 Season
Festival Internacional de Música Alfredo de Saint Malo
Panama
June 2-June 6, 2016
PEN Trio at ClarinetFest®
Works by Wendy Wan-Ki Lee and Lutoslawski
Lawrence, Kansas
August 3-August 7, 2016
PEN Trio with Flutist Francesca Arnone
National Flute Association Conference
San Diego, California
August 12, 2016
Convocation Performance
Western Michigan University
Dalton Center Recital Hall
Poulenc Trio with Wendy Rose and Lori Sims
1:00 p.m.
PEN Trio Tour
Master Class
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
September 28, 2016
Guest Artist Recital
Brigham Young University
September 29, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah
September 30, 2016
2:30 p.m.
Artist Series
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Logan, Utah
October 2, 2016
3:00 p.m.
Master Class
Utah State University
Logan, Utah
Convocation Performance
University of Utah-Salt Lake City
Dumke Recital Hall
4:10 p.m.
Master Class
Brigham Young University-Idaho
October 5, 2016
4:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital
Brigham Young University-Idaho
October 5, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Bullock Performance Institute
Western Winds
Western Michigan University
Dalton Center Recital Hall
November 2, 2016
7:30 p.m.
South Carolina Music Teacher's Association Conference
Commissioned Composition Premier: Jon Jeffrey Grier and the PEN Trio
Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
November 4, 2016
PEN Trio in Florida and Guatemala
Artist Series
Lynn Conservatory
Boca Raton, Florida
Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall
November 10, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Concert
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
November 12, 2016
Teaching Residency
Escuela Metropolitana de la Música de Guatemala
November 13-14, 2016
Bullock Performance Institute
Western Wind Quintet
Dalton Center Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
PEN Trio Tour
SMILES Educational Concert Series
Auburn Elementary School
Riner, Virginia
10:00 a.m.
February 3, 2017
"Music on the Hill" Concert Series
Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia
7:30 p.m.
February 6, 2017
Master Class
Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia
February 7, 2017
Guest Artist Recital
West Virginia University
February 7, 2017
Soloist with Symphonic Band
Scott Boerma, conductor
Western Michigan University
Miller Auditorium
February 19, 2017
3:00 p.m.
Double Reed Day with Guest Artist, Margaret Marco
Western Michigan University
Dalton Center
February 25, 2017
Master Class
University of Iowa
March 7, 2017
Solo Recital
University of Iowa
March 7, 2017
PEN Trio in Cuba
Opening Concert
Festival de los Clarinetes
Havana, Cuba
April 8, 2017
Master Classes
Festival de los Clarinetes
Havana, Cuba
April 9 and 10, 2017
2015-16 Season
Artist Residency at Wildacres Retreat
Rehearsal and study of works by Witold Lutosławski and Bohuslav Martinů and to launch new commissioning projects. Performance for fellow residents.
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
August 2-9, 2015
Lecture: “Cross-Cultural Connections: Asian Traditions and Western Innovations in 20th Century Music for Oboe.”
44th International Double Reed Society Conference
Tokyo, Japan
August 15-19, 2015
Salon Concert: The Last Wind Sonatas of Camille Saint-Saëns
Nora Lewis, oboe, Dawn McConkie, clarinet, Allan Comstock, bassoon, Martín Cuéllar, piano
Sauder Alumni Center
Emporia State University
August 30, 2015
The Last Wind Sonatas of Camille Saint-Saëns
Nora Lewis, oboe, Dawn McConkie, clarinet, Allan Comstock, bassoon, Martín Cuéllar, piano,
Kansas State University
Kirmser Hall
September 3, 2015
Amy Rosine Faculty Artist Recital, Six German arias by Handel,
All Faiths Chapel
September 10, 2015
Soloist, Sinfonia Concertante by Josef Haydn
David Littrell, conductor
Kansas State University Orchestra
McCain Auditorium
September 15, 2015
Konza Winds
Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Topeka Public Library
Marvin Hall
September 20, 2015
Taylor Crawford, oboe
Undergraduate Degree Recital
Kansas State University
All Faiths Chapel
October 8, 2015
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Chamber Arts Series
Works by Tansman, Lutosławski, Ibert, Martinů, and Bradbury
October 18, 2015
Oboe Master Class
San Angelo State University,Texas
October 19, 2015
Chamber Music Master Class
Baylor School of Music
Meadows Recital Hall
Waco, Texas,
October 20, 2015
Oboe Master Class
Baylor School of Music,
Waco, Texas
October 22, 2015
PEN Trio & Friends
With Flutist Francesca Arnone
Works by Tansman, Bridge, Françaix, and Gounod
Guest Artist Recital
Baylor University
Meadows Recital Hall
October 22, 2015
PEN Trio & Friends
With Flutist Francesca Arnone
Guest Artist Recital
Works by Tansman, Bridge, Ibert, Françaix, and Bradbury
University of North Texas
Voertman Hall
October 23, 2015
Oboe Master Class
Stephen F. Austin State University
Works by Tansman, Bridge, Ibert, Françaix, and Bradbury
Nacogdoches, Texas
October 24, 2015
PEN Trio & Friends
With Flutist Francesca Arnone
Cole Performing Arts Series
Works by Tansman, Bridge, Ibert, Françaix, and Bradbury
Stephen F. Austin University
October 24, 2015
PEN Trio & Friends
With Flutist Francesca Arnone
Guest Artist Recital
Works by Tansman, Bridge, Ibert, Françaix, and Bradbury
Texas A & M at Commerce
October 25, 2015
Konza Winds
Faculty Artist Recital
Kansas State University
All Faiths Chapel
November 11, 2015
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
Zhaoqing University
Chen Xi Concert Hall
Guangdong, China,
December 1, 2015
PEN Trio on Concert and Master Class Series
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lee Hysan Concert Hall
December 3, 2015
Wildcat Oboe Day
Recital at 5:00 p.m.
Kansas State University
McCain 201
February 6, 2016
Abigail Baeten, oboe
Undergraduate Degree Recital
Kansas State University
Kirmser Hall
February 7, 2016
Guest Soloist
UCC Manhattan
February 28, 2016
Konza Winds
Faculty Artist Recital
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
March 29, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
Lawrence University, Conservatory of Music
Premiere of Blue Fountains, Red Flames by Wendy Wan-Ki Lee
Harper Hall
April 4, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 5, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
April 6, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital and Masterclasses
University of Minnesota-Duluth
April 7-8, 2016
Guest Soloist
Flint Hills Children's Choir
April 24, 2016
Konza Winds and KSU Faculty Brass Quintet
Kansas State University
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
April 26, 2016
Festival Internacional de Música Alfredo de Saint Malo
Panama
June 2-June 6, 2016
PEN Trio at ClarinetFest®
Works by Wendy Wan-Ki Lee and Lutoslawski
Lawrence, Kansas
August 3-August 7, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
Brigham Young University
September 29, 2016
PEN Trio Guest Artist Recital
Brigham Young University-Idaho
October 5, 2016
Performance at Centro Nacional de Musica de Concierto
Cervantes Hall
Havana, Cuba
November 13, 2016
Classes and Performance at the Universidad de las Artes (ISA)
Havana, Cuba
November 14, 2016
2014-15 Season
August 23
"Art Happens," fundraiser for Manhattan Arts Center
Tangos and Jazz standards for oboe and double bass
7:00 p.m.
September 12
Beach Museum of Art, Gala
Featuring "Hardwood" by Lansing McCloskey
Konza Wind Quintet
6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
September 14
Service Music,
Works by G. F. Handel and Clara Schumann
with Bob Edwards, organ and piano
United Church of Christ, Manhattan
10:45 a.m.
September 23
Faculty Artist Recital, Kristin Mortenson, violin
Bach's Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Kirmser Hall
7:30 p.m.
October 3
Konza Chamber Players
Mozart piano quintet and Gounod Petite Symphonie
Presbyterian Church, Manhattan
7:30 p.m., $15
October 5
All-State Oboe Preparation Workshop
Manhattan High School
9:00 a.m.-noon
Free
October 17
Hale Library Concert Artists Series
with Amanda Arrington, harpsichord and piano and Gordon Lewis, double bass
Works by Handel, Poulenc, Clara Schumann, Antal Dorati, Ennio Morricone, and Astor Piazzola
Hemisphere Room
7:30 p.m., $25/$15 for students
October 23
Konza Winds Faculty Quintet
Works by Quintet No. 3 by Maslanka and Mirrors by Wilson
7:30 p.m.
Kirmser Hall
November 3-7 PEN Trio Tour, performances and master classes
Virginia Tech, sponsored by Main Street Inn
North Carolina School for the Arts
Greenville Fine Arts Center
University North Carolina-Charlotte
SMILES educational concert series,
Sponsored by New River Valley Friends of the Roanoke Symphony
November 17
Concert-Lecture Series
University of Arkansas-Beebe, sponsored by Centennial Bank
7:30 p.m. $10/$5
December 20-21
Nutcracker
Metropolitan Ballet of Topeka
January 23
Composition in Asia International Symposium and Festival
"Asian Traditions and Western Innovations," Invited paper/School of Music Convocation
University of South Florida, Tampa
January 24
Concert Band Clinic
Master Class, 11:30 a.m.
Kansas State University
January 30
Hale Library Concert Artists Series
The Music of Gail Kubik
Hemisphere Room
7:30 p.m.
February 7
Wildcat Oboe Day
10:00-6:00
Kirmser Hall
February 9
Paul Hunt, trombone
Faculty Artist Recital
Works include Alec Wilder's Sonata for Trombone and Piano, arranged for winds
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
February 10
Woodwind Divisional Recital
Beethoven Trio, Op. 87
Kirmser Hall
11:30 a.m.
February 19
Junior Recital, Taylor Crawford and Elizabeth Tobald, oboe with Nora Lewis, English horn
Works by Bach, Britten, Schumann, Dutilleux, and Beethoven
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
March 14-16
PEN Trio Florida and Trinidad Tour: recitals and master classes
Lynn Conservatory, Boca Raton
National University of Trinidad, Port of Spain
University of South Florida, Tampa
University of Miami, premiere of Mechanisms and Interludes by Peter Learn
April 16
Amy Rosine, soprano with Nora Lewis oboe
Faculty Artist Recital
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
April 20
Konza Winds Faculty Quintet
Works by Bozza, Debussy, and Ibert
All Faiths Chapel Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
April 25
Adjudicate Kansas State Solo and Ensemble
University of Kansas, Lawrence
May 1-2
Adjudicate Missouri State Solo and Ensemble Contest
University of Missouri, Columbia
May 21
Konza Chamber Music Society
Works by Beethoven, Dvorak, and Vivaldi
Presbyterian Church, Manhattan
7:30 p.m.
June 4-11
PEN Trio CD Recording: Found Objects
Works by Jenni Brandon, Bill Bradbury, M. Shawn Hundley, and Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn
SUNY-Purchase Center for the Performing Arts
Purchase, New York
June 17-25
College Music Society International Conference
Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland
Invited Paper, "The Swedish Invasion of Popular Music: How Government Investment in Music Education, Artistic Creativity, and Self-Determination Led to Increased GDP."
August 2-9
PEN Trio
Wildacres Residency
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
August 15-19
International Double Reed Society Conference
Tokyo, Japan
Invited Paper, "Cross-Cultural Connections: Asian Traditions and Western Innovations in 20th-Century Music for Oboe."
2013-14 Season
June 29
Performance at International Double Reed Society Conference
Premiere of Demented Dances for violin, oboe, cello, and piano by Craig Weston and performance of Joseph Koykkar’s Elegy for Ygor and Music for Three
Performance sponsored by Buffet Group USA
August 4-6 PEN Trio Rehearses works for 2013-2014 season, Ann Arbor Michigan
August 7-17
Faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake Michigan
September 20
Performance of Quiet City by Aaron Copland
Kansas State University Beach Museum of Art, Gala
September 24
Konza Winds, Faculty Quintet Recital, All Faiths Chapel Auditorium, Kansas State University, 7:30 p.m.
September 28-October 6
PEN Trio Fall Midwest Tour
Performances at Miami University, premieres of new work by Jenni Brandon and Bill Bradbury
Cincinnati College Conservatory, The Ohio State University, Miami University, Ohio University, and Wright State University
October 13
Konza Winds, Topeka Public Library Presents Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Marvin Auditorium, 3:00 p.m.
October 24
Faculty Artist Recital with pianist Amanda Arrington, All Faiths Chapel Auditorium, Kansas State University, 7:30 p.m.
October 31-November 2
College Music Society National Conference, Boston
Paper presentation: Remembering Ronald Roseman at 80
November 21-23
Soloist, Telemann Concerto for Oboe in E-Minor, Gold Orchestra
McCain Auditorium, Manhattan
December 3
Kansas State University Oboe Studio Performance at Union
February 2
Cranbrook Music Guild Presents PEN Trio and Friends with pianist Sandra Shen and hornist Andrew Pelletier, in works by Beethoven, Francaix, and Mozart.
Bloomfield Hills, MI
February 8
Wildcat Oboe Day at Kansas State University
McCain 201 and Kirmser Recital Hall
February 28
Recital by Kansas State University Oboe Studio, 2:25 p.m. Room 203
Annual Inservice-Workshop
Kansas Music Educator’s Association
March 9-12
PEN Trio Kansas Tour with premieres of works by Aleks-Sternfeld Dunn and Allen Cohen
Wichita State University, Sandzen Gallery of Art, Kansas State University
