The Music Department of Princeton University
and
Nora Post, Inc.
present
OBOE BLOW-OUT PRINCETON:
THE CUTTING EDGE
Saturday and Sunday, March 28 & 29, 1998
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall/ Washington Road at Ivy Lane
Princeton University Campus/ Princeton, New JerseyExhibitors and/or corporate sponsors for the event include:
Boosey&Hawkes Musical Instruments, Inc. / Libertyville, Illinois
Charles Double Reed Company / Conway, New Hampshire
Clarion Insurance / Huntington Station, New York
F. Lorée Oboes / Paris
Fox Products Corporation / South Whitley, Indiana
Oboe Cane and Reeds by Stuart Dunkel Kristen Severson / Watertown, Massachusetts
Nora Post, Inc. / Nyack, New York
Malarskey Woodwinds / Yardley, Pennsylvania
Marigaux Oboes / Paris
McGinnis Marx Music Publishers / New York, New York
Rigoutat Oboes / Paris
Mattlyn, Inc. / New York,New York
Yamaha Corporation of America / Grand Rapids, Michigan
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, March 28 11:30-1:00 Registration
12:00 Exhibits Open
1:00-2:30 Masterclass with Richard Woodhams (Principal Oboe, Philadelphia Orchestra): The Strauss Oboe Concerto (with an Introduction and Welcome by Paul Lansky, Professor and Chairman, Princeton University Department of Music)
2:30-4:00 Masterclass with Carolyn Pollak (Principal Oboe, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra): The Oboe in the Orchestral Works of Brahms
4:00-5:00 Workshop with Stuart Dunkel (Principal Oboe, New Hampshire Symphony and Boston Opera Company): The Lineage of the Oboe Reed: A Guide Through Dr. Dunkel's Personal Reed Museum
7:00-8:00 Exhibitors' Hour
8:00 Concert with Matt Sullivan (Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, Princeton University): Crossing Over (with pianist Christopher Berg, oboist Brian Greene, and the electro-acoustic trio First Avenue). With an Introduction by Nathan A. Randall, Princeton University Concert Manager
Sunday, March 29 8:45-9:30 Registration9:30-11:00 Demonstration with Matt Sullivan: Sounding your best when Recording or Amplifying the Oboe (assisted by Princeton University recording engineer Jim Moses)
11:00-12:00 Masterclass with Jonathan Blumenfeld (Philadelphia Orchestra): Taming the Oboe's Low Register
12:00-1:30 Exhibitors' Hour
1:30-2:15 Presentation by Philippe Rigoutat (President, Rigoutat Oboes, Paris): A Look at the Oboe's Secrets: The Designs of the World's Great Oboes
2:15-3:00 Demonstration with Stuart Dunkel: What to Listen for When Finishing an Oboe Reed
3:15 Joseph Robinson (Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic) in Conversation and Concert (with an Introduction by Dean Michael Rothschild, Woodrow Wilson School of School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University)1.Career Choices: Joseph Robinson Talks to Daniel Stolper (Michigan State University, Interlochen Center for the Arts)
2.The BeethovenTrios (with assisting artists Keisuke Ikuma, oboe, and Carolyn Banham, English horn)(Exhibitions and repairs will be
available throughout each day)
Oboe Repair
Free oboe regulation and adjustment will be provided by Steve Malarskey. A fee will be charged for all other work, including pad or tenon cork replacement, and cork/leather bumper replacement.
Location
Taplin Auditorium is located on the second floor of Fine Hall, which is the tallest building on the right side of Washington Road as you enter the Princeton campus from Route 1 (a campus map and driving directions will be sent to participants when they pre-register).
Travel
The official travel agent for the event is Kuller Travel/108 Nassau Street/Princeton, NJ 08542/ Tel: 609-924-2550).