The Duke University Department of MusicMaster Class Series

and

Joseph Robinson

present

DOUBLEREED DAYS

March 24 & 25, 2007

Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina

DOUBLE

ASSISTINGARTISTS

Michael BurnsAssoc. Professor

of Bassoon(University of North

Carolina at Greensboro)

Robin DriscollPrincipal Oboe

Pittsburgh OperaPittsburgh Ballet

(Baldwin-Wallace,Univ. of Pittsburgh)

Brenda NeeceCurator

Duke UniversityMusical Instrument

Collections

Elizabeth TomlinPiano

(Duke University)

Laura WallisRepresentative

Midwest MusicalImports

Keisuke IkumaOboe & English horn

Hudson ValleyPhilharmonic

& NY freelance

Duke D

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ays: Registration Form

Aregistration fee of $100 is required for attendance at all events,

except for the Gala R

ecital on Sunday evening, which is free and open to the public.

To register, please send this form and a check payable to D

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Joseph Robinson

Duke U

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Durham

, NC

27708

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Email/Phone: _____________________________

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Your Instrument: __________________________

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Saturday, March 249 am

Enrollment and check-in(Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building)

~10 am

Survey of the History of Double Reed InstrumentsBrenda Neece, Duke University

~11 am

Marcel Tabuteau's Basic Principlesof the Interpretive Art

Joseph Robinson, Duke University~

1 pmBreak for lunch

~2-5 pm

Instrument workshopsOboe Reed-Making, etc. (Joseph Robinson)

orSecrets of the English horn (Keisuke Ikuma)

orBassoon playing in the 21st Century

(Martin Kuuskmann)~

5 pmBreak for dinner

~7 pm

First Master Class(Robinson, Ikuma, Kuuskmann)

Sunday, March 2510 am

Second Master Class(Robinson, Ikuma, Kuuskmann)

~1 pm

Break for lunch~

2-5 pmInstrument workshops

Everything Oboists Ever Wantedto Know about Gouging

(Robin Driscoll, Baldwin-Wallace)or

A New Approach to Bassoon Reed-Making(Michael Burns*, UNC-Greensboro)

(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

* Michael Burns is appearing courtesy of Yamaha

Joseph Robinson, Artist-in-Residence at DukeUniversity, was principaloboist of the New YorkPhilharmonic from 1978-2005 and studied directlywith Marcel Tabuteau,great progenitor of theAmerican School of oboeplaying.

Prior to being chosen to

Martin Kuuskmann is anexciting young soloist, anundisputed bassoon vir-tuoso whose repertoirespans from the earlyBaroque to jazz and con-temporary music. He hasappeared with orchestrasand festivals throughoutEurope, Canada, Japan,Australia, and the U.S.

join the Philharmonic by Zubin Mehta in 1977, Mr.Robinson was a faculty member of the NorthCarolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem andPrincipal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony underRobert Shaw. An exclusive teacher at the ManhattanSchool of Music for 27 years, Mr. Robinson countsmany important oboists among his former students,including principal players in the Boston and SanFrancisco Symphonies and the Kennedy CenterOrchestra in Washington, D.C.

The New York Times has recently praised MartinKuuskmann’s playing as "dynamic...amazing...gripping...." Kuuskmann has premiered seven newbassoon concertos written especially for him bysome of the leading composers of our time, includ-ing American composer David Chesky, Austriancomposer HK Gruber, and jazz great John Patitucci.

In 2007, Kuuskmann will be joining the faculty atthe Manhattan School of Music.

Woodwind repair specialistJason Onks

will be onsite both daysto provide free instrument adjustments

and minor repairs.