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