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Martin Schuring Oboe and English Horn 9016 South Drea Lane School of Music Tempe, AZ 85284 Arizona State University – 0405 480/820-9645 Tempe, AZ 85287-0405 e-mail: m.schuring@asu.edu Studio: 480/965-3439 http://www.public.asu.edu/~schuring/ FAX: 480/965-2659

Date prepared: June, 2010 Teaching

1992 – present Arizona State University: Associate Professor of Music with Tenure (2002 – present). Assistant Professor of Music (1999 – 2002). Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (1996 – 1999). Faculty Associate (1992 – 1996).

Responsibilities: • Oboe studio instruction for all levels: Bachelor of Music degrees in music performance,

music education, and music therapy; Bachelor of Arts degree in music; Master of Music degree in music performance; Doctor of Musical Arts degree in music performance. Course codes: MUP 111, 127, 311, 327, 527, and 727.

• Instruction of oboe repertoire class. This is required of all undergraduate performance majors and all graduate students. I teach the course over two semesters rather than the usual one: one semester is devoted to orchestral literature, and one is devoted to solo and chamber music literature. Course codes: MUP 451 and 551.

• Instruction of oboe pedagogy class. This is required of all undergraduate performance majors and all graduate students. It is a comprehensive survey of oboe techniques, reed making, and musicianship. Course codes: MUP 481 and 581.

• Preparation and supervision of student degree recitals. Course codes: MUP 495, 496, 596, and 597.

• Weekly coaching of chamber music for undergraduate and graduate students. Course codes: MUP 379 and 579.

• Recruitment of new students and development of the highest-quality oboe studio possible. • Advising for all MM and DMA oboe students. • Instruction of a weekly oboe studio class for all oboe majors. • Performances with Ocotillo Winds, a faculty woodwind chamber music ensemble. • Performances with ASU Faculty Woodwind Quintet. • Organization and instruction of all woodwind chamber music (1992 – 1997).

1980 – 1981 Hong Kong Music Administrator’s Office – Instructor. 1978 – 1980 Hong Kong Baptist College – Adjunct Lecturer in Oboe. Orchestral Employment

2005 – present St. Paul Chamber Orchestra – Guest Principal Oboe and English Horn. I have performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on Oboe, Oboe D’amore, and

English Horn, often in the same concert. 2–6 concerts each year. 1980 – present Grand Teton Music Festival – Oboe and English Horn.

An annual seven–week summer festival including weekly orchestral and chamber music performances played by invited musicians from around the world with Music Director Donald Runnicles. I play English Horn and oboe in the festival orchestra along with multiple chamber music performances each summer. 2010 is my 27th year as a performer at the festival. I have performed an estimated 400 concerts over that time.

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Orchestral Employment (cont.) 1982 – 1997 Phoenix Symphony Orchestra – English Horn and Assistant Principal Oboe. I performed as solo English Horn and oboe in approximately 125 concerts each season as a

member of the orchestra in concerts throughout the state of Arizona. I performed an estimated 2,000 concerts during my tenure with the orchestra. In addition, I appeared regularly as featured soloist with the orchestra:

• Gaetano Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English Horn (1994). Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

• Aaron Copland Quiet City (1991, 1992, 1993). Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

• Stanislaw Skrowaczewski English Horn Concerto (1991). Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor.

• J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin (1990). James Sedares, conductor.

• Ernest Richardson Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Percussion (1990, World Premiere). Ernest Richardson, conductor.

• J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2 (1987). Theo Alcantara, conductor. Since leaving full-time employment with the orchestra in 1997, I have performed with

them regularly as a substitute and extra player. Each year, I perform between ten and twenty concerts with them.

1997 Orchestre Philharmonique Rhodanien (Tournon-sur-Rhône, France) – Principal Oboe.

A two–week festival of orchestral concerts side–by–side with advanced student musicians from France and Germany.

1981 – 1982 The Florida Orchestra (Tampa/St. Petersburg) – Principal Oboe. Performed as solo oboist in approximately 100 concerts in Tampa, St. Petersburg,

Clearwater, Dunedin, and other cities in Florida. 1977 – 1981 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – English Horn and Associate Principal

Oboe. Approximately 150 concerts each season in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and outlying islands.

Tours to Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Education

1998 Master of Arts (Music History and Literature), Arizona State University. Thesis title: “Léon Goossens and the English Musical Renaissance.” 1977 Bachelor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music.

• Oboe study with John de Lancie (Principal Oboe, Philadelphia Orchestra 1954 – 1977). • English Horn study with Louis Rosenblatt (English Horn, Philadelphia Orchestra 1959

– 1994). Awards

1999 Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University. For non tenure-track faculty. 1977 Fulbright-Hays Grant for study in Germany. Accepted for study with Helmut Winschermann at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. I

chose to join the Hong Kong Philharmonic instead. Publications

2011 Barret, Apollon Marie-Rose. Oboe Method Complete: Revised and Expanded Edition. Edited by Martin Schuring. A Kalmus Classic Edition. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Publishing (in press).

A new revised and expanded edition of my publication from 2001. Substantial additions were made to the text along with many corrections and revisions. Publication scheduled for Spring 2011.

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Publications (cont.) 2009 Schuring, Martin. Oboe Art and Method. New York: Oxford University Press,

2009. 240 pp. A comprehensive book of oboe technique, describing in detail all aspects of playing music on

the oboe. The book includes chapters on reed making, practicing, and professional deportment in addition to detailed descriptions of basic techniques. This is the first new book of its kind published in English in nearly fifty years. Issued in paperback and hardcover editions.

2008 Walsh, Linda. The Oboe Reed Making DVD. A two-hour instructional video by Australian oboist Linda Walsh, interviewing

international soloists and technical experts about their methods of oboe reed making. Martin Schuring describes the American style of reed making and the difference between that style and the international one. Players interviewed on the DVD include François Leleux, Nicholas Daniel, and David Walter, among others.

2007 and 2008 Recorded All-State and Regionals etudes for the ASU CMENC chapter. Any interested high school player can download these as a reference.

http://www.asu.edu/clubs/cmenc/oboe.html http://www.asu.edu/clubs/cmenc/englishhorn.html 2006 Spring, Robert. Circular Breathing: A Method. Windplayer Publications, 2006. Oboe chapter by Martin Schuring. 2004 Pearson, Bruce and Mary Elledge. Standard of Excellence: Festival Solos Book 2.

Oboe. Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 2004. A book of basic solos for all high school band instruments. Book includes a CD recording of

Martin Schuring performing all of the solos with piano accompaniment. 2004 Schuring, Martin. “Double Trouble: Martin Schuring Talks About Playing

with Expression.” Reeding Matter (newsletter of the Australasian double reed society, inc.) 7, no. 2: 34-37.

2004 Schuring, Martin. “Some Thoughts on Breathing and Support.” The Bandmasters Review 6, no. 1: 25-28.

The journal of the Texas Bandmasters Association. 2002 Schuring, Martin. “Fundamentals of Oboe Playing. Part IV: Expression.” The

Double Reed 25, no. 3: 83-89. 2001 Schuring, Martin. “Teaching Students to Practice Slowly and Perfectly Every

Day.” Flute Talk 21, no. 4 (December 2001): 13-15. Flute Talk is published by The Instrumentalist, a large-circulation family of journals for

musicians and music educators. 2001 Schuring, Martin. “A Daily Warm-up Routine for Oboe.” TBA Journal 3,

no.1: 17-18. The journal of the Texas Bandmasters Association, now called The Bandmasters

Review. 2001 Barret, Apollon Marie-Rose. Oboe Method Complete. Edited by Martin

Schuring. A Kalmus Classic Edition. Miami, FL: Warner Brothers Publications, 2001. 166 pp.

This is the most frequently used book of musical etudes by North American oboe students: almost every student will use this in their studies. My new edition replaces the one in common use which dates from 1862.

2001 Barret, Apollon Marie-Rose. 40 Progressive Melodies. Edited by Martin Schuring. A Kalmus Classic Edition. Miami, FL: Warner Brothers Publications, 2001.

A portion of the Complete Oboe Method made available in a lower-cost format. 2001 Barret, Apollon Marie-Rose Sixteen Grand Studies. Edited by Martin Schuring.

A Kalmus Classic Edition. Miami, FL: Warner Brothers Publications, 2001. A portion of the Complete Oboe Method made available in a lower-cost format.

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Publications (cont.) 2001 Schuring, Martin. “Fundamentals of Oboe Playing. Part III: Reed Making.”

The Double Reed 24, no. 1: 33-40. 2000 Schuring, Martin. “Fundamentals of Oboe Playing. Part II: Practice.” The

Double Reed 23, no. 1: 24-29. 2000 Schuring, Martin. “Fundamentals of Oboe Playing. Part I: Tone Production.”

The Double Reed 23, no. 1: 19-24. The preceding three articles form the basis of what would eventually become my new book,

Oboe Art and Method, published by Oxford University Press in 2009. 1998 Schuring, Martin. “CD Reviews.” The Double Reed 21, no. 3: 63-66. 1996 Liner notes for “Hee-Sun Lee, Oboe” Soundset SR1002. 1993 – present “Fingering Chart for Oboe and English Horn” and “Trill Fingering Chart for

Oboe and English Horn”. Privately printed. Available for sale from all of the major double reed vendors: RDG Woodwinds, Forrests Music, Mark Chudnow Woodwinds, OboeWorks, Midwest Musical Imports, Gail Warnaar, McFarland Double Reed Shop, and Brian Charles Double Reeds. More than 10,000 copies sold since 1993.

Solo and Chamber Music Recordings

2010 Late 20th and Early 21st Century Music for Bassoon. Albie Micklich, Bassoon and friends. Forthcoming release.

We perform Peter Hope’s Four Sketches for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano in a World Premiere recording.

2007 The Light Wraps You: New Music for Oboe. Michele Fiala, Oboe and friends. MSR Classics MS 1217.

Michele Fiala has MM and DMA degrees from Arizona State University. I perform James MacMillan’s “Intercession” for three oboes, in a World Premiere recording.

2006 Rustiques. Ocotillo Winds: Martin Schuring, oboe, Robert Spring, clarinet, and Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon. Summit Records DCD 466.

A program including Canteloube, Tansman, Schulhoff, and Villa-Lobos trios, recorded by three members of the ASU woodwind faculty.

1997 Eric Funk Concerto for Oboe, Op. 57. Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Vladimir Valik, conductor. MMC 2033.

Martin Schuring is the oboe soloist with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in a World Premiere recording.

1996 John Harbison Concerto for Oboe and Clarinet. Ensemble 21. Arthur Weisberg, conductor. Summit Records DCD 173.

Martin Schuring is the oboe soloist with clarinetist Robert Spring in a World Premiere recording of this work.

1978 Violet Lam Journey for Oboe/English Horn and Chamber Ensemble (World Premiere recording). Philips 6598 978.

Orchestral Recordings

1993 Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven (complete film score). Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. James Sedares, conductor. Koch International 3-7222-2H1

1993 Daniel Asia Symphony #2, Symphony #3. Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. James Sedares, conductor. Koch International.

1992 Bernard Herrmann Symphony #1; William Schumann New England Triptych. Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. James Sedares, conductor. Koch International.

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Orchestral Recordings (cont.) 1991 Copland Suite from The Tender Land, Three Latin-American Sketches, Suite from

The Red Pony. Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. James Sedares, conductor. Koch International 3-7092-2H1.

1991 Olivier Messiaen Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum. Ensemble 21. Arthur Weisberg, conductor. Summit Records DCD 122.

Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances

2010 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Norman, OK). • Performed a full recital including Klughardt’s Schilflieder and Loeffler’s Two

Rhapsodies. • Performed a full chamber music recital of oboe trios by Krommer and Fulvio Caldini.

Grand Teton Music Festival. Chamber music performances: Britten, Bach. Arizona State University. Ocotillo Winds. Faculty Woodwind Chamber Music Recital including the World Premiere

performance of Motion by Alyssa Morris, commissioned by the Ocotillo Winds. 2009 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Birmingham, England).

• Performed two Vivaldi concertos with small orchestra on a solo recital program. • Collaborated with former student Dr. Michele Fiala on a recital in which we performed the

World Premiere of “Overheard on a Salt Marsh” by Erin Goad, a current ASU oboe student.

Arizona State University. • Solo Faculty Recital: “By Popular Request”: Tomasi, Dranishnikova, Rubbra, Dring,

Poulenc. • Solo Faculty Recital: “Folk Music for Oboe”: Canteloube, Piazzolla, Dorati, Pasculli.

Guilhaud. • Ocotillo Winds Faculty Chamber Music Recital. Kerr Cultural Center (Scottsdale, AZ).

2008 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Provo, UT). • Performed two Telemann concertos with small orchestra on a featured evening concert. • Performed a program of double reed quartets with classmates from the Curtis Institute of

Music: Robert Stephenson, Harold Smoliar, and Christopher Millard. • Performed another program of double reed quartets with colleagues from around the world:

Michele Fiala, Sandro Caldini, and Frank Morelli. • Taught a master class on baroque repertoire.

Fresno State University – Double Reed Day. Taught three classes and performed a recital as the featured oboe artist for this event. The

bassoon guest was Leonard Hindell, retired bassoonist from the New York Philharmonic. Festival Internacional de Flauta – Monterrey, Mexico. Taught daily master classes and performed as soloist at this week-long festival for flute,

oboe, and clarinet players from throughout Mexico. Other guest faculty included Leone Buyse and Michael Webster from Rice University.

State University of New York – Fredonia. Ithaca College. Eastman School of Music. Performances with the ASU faculty woodwind ensemble, the Ocotillo Winds,

supplemented with the addition of flutist Elizabeth Buck. Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI) – Double Reed Day. Taught three classes and performed a recital as the featured oboe artist for this event.

Bassoon artists were David McGill, principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Robert Barris, retired bassoon professor from Northwestern University.

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Solo performance of J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #1.

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.)

2008 (cont.) Arizona State University. • ASU Woodwind Quintet. Faculty Chamber Music Recital. • Solo Faculty Recital, “The Romantic Oboe”: C. Schumann, Dallier, Schubert,

Klughardt, Saint-Saëns. • Ocotillo Winds Chamber Music Recital. Kerr Center (Scottsdale, AZ). • Alban Berg Kammersymphonie.

2007 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Ithaca, NY). • Performed a chamber music recital with ASU colleagues Albie Micklich, bassoon and

Andrew Campbell, piano. • Performed the Mozart Oboe Quartet, K. 370 on the featured evening concert series.

University of Wisconsin – Madison. University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. University of Illinois. Illinois State University. Performances with the ASU faculty reed trio, the Ocotillo Winds. Concert residency: Thatcher/Safford, AZ. A two-day residency with the Ocotillo Winds that included a public concert for the

community, two concerts in public schools, a concert in the State Prison in Safford, and a master class for music students at Eastern Arizona College.

Arizona State University. • Faculty Recital: Albie Micklich bassoon recital. Telemann Quartet in d minor, Peter

Hope Four Sketches (American Premiere). • Faculty Recital: Joseph Wytko saxophone recital. • Faculty Recital: Carole FitzPatrick voice recital. • Ocotillo Winds Faculty Chamber Music Recital. • ASU Faculty Woodwind Quintet Chamber Music Recital.

2006 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Muncie, IN). • Performed J. S. Bach Concerto in F Major with small orchestra. • Performed a full recital of oboe trios with Italian oboists Sandro Caldini and Pietro Corna. • Performed Zelenka Sonata #5 with oboist Emily Pailthorpe and bassoonist Stéphane

Lévesque. Brigham Young University. University of Utah. Utah State University. Idaho State University. BYU – Idaho. Performances with the ASU faculty reed trio, the Ocotillo Winds. Grand Teton Music Festival Winter Concert Series. A week-long residency in Jackson, Wyoming that included a public concert and three

presentations in area public schools. Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: Saint-Saëns, Ponchielli, Ravel, Pasculli. • Faculty Recital: Jan Meyer Thompson piano recital. Loeffler Two Rhapsodies. • Faculty Recital: Robert Spring clarinet recital. • Faculty Recital: Faculty Chamber Music. Prokofiev Quintet, Op. 39. • Faculty Recital: Mozart at 250. Mozart Wind Serenades. • Faculty Recital: Mozart at 250. Mozart Gran Partita, K. 361. • Zelenka at ASU. Second Concert.

A series of two concerts in which we performed all six Sonatas by Jan Dismas Zelenka. I played the first oboe part throughout with a different student taking the second part in each sonata. The remaining ensemble was a mix of faculty and students. Other faculty were Albie Micklich, Catalin Rotaru, and Siegbert Rampe.

• Faculty Recital: Robert Spring clarinet recital.

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 2005 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Austin, TX) Performed a full recital of 20th century English oboe music: Rubbra, Howells, Arnold. University of Michigan Solo recital and master class. Western Kentucky University Featured guest artist at the 2nd annual “Double Reed Day.” Performed a recital, presented

a lecture and taught a master class for 30+ participants. Michigan State University Presented a mini-recital and master class for the MSU oboe studio. Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: Concertos of Telemann, Vivaldi, and Bach. Four baroque oboe concertos performed with an ensemble of faculty colleagues.

• Faculty Chamber Music: Woodwind Quintets by Bill Douglas, Thuille, Steinmetz. • Faculty Chamber Music: Trio. • Zelenka at ASU. First Concert.

A series of two concerts in which we performed all six Sonatas by Jan Dismas Zelenka. I played the first oboe part throughout with a different student taking the second part in each sonata. The remaining ensemble was a mix of faculty and students. Other faculty were Albie Micklich, Catalin Rotaru, and Siegbert Rampe.

• Shared recital with guest artist Katherine Needleman, principal oboe of the Baltimore Symphony.

• Shared recital with guest artist Nancy Ambrose King, professor of oboe at the University of Michigan.

• Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Concerto performed with faculty and students. • Faculty Chamber Music: Thuille Sextet.

2004 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Melbourne, Australia). • Performed a full recital of 20th century American oboe music: Ussachevsky, Steinmetz,

Rodney Rogers. • Presented a master class.

Idaho State Civic Symphony Orchestra. Performed as soloist in Franz Josef Haydn Oboe Concerto in C Major. Thom Ritter

George, conductor. Pocatello, ID. University of Houston. Stephen F. Austin State University. Sam Houston State University. Texas Lutheran University. Performances with the Ocotillo Winds. Principal oboe in the orchestra accompanying Luciano Pavarotti in his farewell

performance at Caesar’s Palace. Las Vegas, NV. Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: “The Year 1950.” Britten, Schuller, Canteloube, Arnold. • Shared recital with guest artist Jan Eberle, oboe professor at Michigan State University. • Faculty Recital: Joseph Wytko saxophone recital. • Faculty Recital: Nancy Buck viola recital. • Faculty Recital: Dan Swaim bass recital.

2003 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Greensboro, NC). Performed a full recital: Koechlin Sonata, Gordon Jacob Sonata. SEAMUS (The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States)

Conference (Tempe, AZ).

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 2003 (cont.) Arizona State University.

• Faculty Recital: 20th Century Wind Chamber Music. • Faculty Recital: Faculty Chamber Music. • Guest Artist Recital: Eric Hoover flute recital. • Faculty Recital: Beethoven and Schubert Quintets. • Solo performance of Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D Major. ASU Chamber

Orchestra. Timothy Russell, conductor. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2. ASU Chamber Orchestra.

Timothy Russell, conductor. 2002 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Banff, AB, Canada). Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in A Major for oboe d’amore. Indiana University. University of Kentucky. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Oboe Blow-out.” Guest soloist and clinician. This event was sponsored by Nora Post, Inc. I was one of three guest

artists along with Nancy Ambrose King, professor of oboe at the University of Michigan, and Ray Still, retired principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony.

Columbus State University (GA). Florida State University. University of Georgia. Percussive Arts Society International Conference (Columbus, OH). Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: Howells, Britten, Jacob, Arnold. • Performed on a gala recital to welcome President Michael Crow. • Faculty Recital: Jeffrey Lyman bassoon recital. • Faculty Recital: Joseph Wytko saxophone recital. • Faculty Recital: John Ericson horn recital. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in F Major. ASU Chamber Orchestra.

Nicholas Ross, conductor. • Solo performance of Michael Daugherty Firecracker. ASU Chamber Winds. Gary Hill,

conductor. 2001 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Morgantown, WV).

30th Anniversary Conference. • World Premiere performance of Scenes from an Imaginary Opera for English Horn and

piano, a work I commissioned from Los Angeles-based composer John Steinmetz. • Featured evening performance of Gaetano Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English

Horn. With the U.S. Army Orchestra. Tony Cason, conductor. • Taught a master class.

California State University, Fresno. 5th Annual Double Reed Day. Guest Soloist and Clinician. Taught three classes and

performed a joint recital with bassoon guest artist, Arthur Weisberg. Eastern Michigan University. Western Michigan University. Michigan State University. Northwestern University. Performances with Ocotillo Winds. Maine All-State Festival (Lewiston, ME). Guest Soloist and Clinician. Grand Teton Music Festival.

• Solo performance of Bernard Rands Concertino. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin. • Chamber performance of William Wallace Hubbub for Oboe and Three Percussionists

(World Premiere, written for Martin Schuring)

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 2001 (cont.) Arizona State University

• Solo Faculty Recital: Bernard Rands, Loeffler, John Steinmetz, Rodney Rogers. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin. Katie

McLin, violin. ASU Chamber Orchestra. Henry Charles Smith, conductor. 2000 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Buenos Aires,

Argentina). A featured evening performance of Josef Fiala Concerto for English Horn in E-flat

Major. With Sinfonia Bariloche. University of Akron. University of Kentucky. The Ohio University. Ashland University (OH). Nova Chamber Music Series (Salt Lake City, UT). Mozart Gran Partita and Dvorak Serenade with members of the Utah Symphony

Orchestra. University of California – Santa Barbara. Grand Teton Music Festival

• Solo performance of J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2. • Chamber Music Recitals: Telemann, Françaix, Parwez.

Arizona State University • Solo Faculty Recital: Telemann, Schumann, Arnold, Saint-Saëns, Nielsen, Palhadile. • Solo Faculty Recital: Kœchlin, Ussachevsky, Pasculli. • Chamber Music Recital: Ensemble Versailles early music concert (2 concerts) • Faculty Recital: Trygve Peterson flute recital. • Faculty Recital: Robert Spring clarinet recital. • Solo performance of Jan Sibelius Swan of Tuonela. ASU Sinfonietta. Nicholas Ross,

conductor. • Solo performances at Antonio Vivaldi Festival. Concerto for Oboe and Violin,

Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon, and Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon. ASU Chamber Orchestra. Timothy Russell, conductor.

• Solo performance of Bernard Rands Concertino. ASU Chamber Winds. Gary Hill, conductor.

• Solo performance of Gaetano Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English Horn. With the ASU Chamber Orchestra. Joel Brown, conductor.

• Solo performance of Aaron Copland Quiet City. With the ASU Chamber Orchestra. Joel Brown, conductor.

1999 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Madison, WI). Performed a full recital of Bach, Shinohara, and Ponchielli. University of Iowa. Featured guest artist at “Octoboefest,” an annual event sponsored by the University. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. University of Wisconsin – Madison. Tempe Symphony Orchestra. Performed J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin. Richard Strange,

conductor. Tempe, AZ. Grand Teton Music Festival.

• Solo performance of Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in C Major, RV 454. • Chamber Music Recitals: Bach, Poulenc.

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 1999 (cont.) Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: Krommer, Mozart, Britten, Françaix. • Faculty Chamber Music: New American Music for the Piano. • Faculty Recital: Jeffrey Lyman bassoon recital. • Faculty Recital: Robert Spring clarinet recital. • Contemporary Music Society Recital. • Solo performance of W. A. Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314. With the ASU Chamber

Orchestra. Timothy Russell, conductor. 1998 Brigham Young University. University of Arizona. Chamber Music of Francis Poulenc. International Double Reed Society Conference (Tempe, AZ). Vivaldi Candlelight Concerts (Salt Lake City, UT).

Performed as soloist in Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe and Violin, Albinoni Concerto for Two Oboes in G Major, Vivaldi Sonata in c minor. With members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Barbara Scowcroft, conductor. Salt Lake City, UT.

Grand Teton Music Festival. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin. • Chamber Music Recitals: Telemann, Krommer, Bach, Stravinsky.

Arizona State University. • Solo Faculty Recital: C. P. E. Bach, Vivaldi, Hindemith, Ponchielli. • Faculty Chamber Music: Wind Music of Francis Poulenc. • Shared recital with guest artist Kevin Vigneau, oboe professor at the University of New Mexico. • Solo performance of Christopher Dedrick Twilight for Oboe and Wind Ensemble. With the ASU

Symphonic Band. Richard Strange, conductor. 1997 University of Arizona. University of New Mexico. International Double Reed Society Conference (Evanston, IL). Florida State University. University of Alabama. Grand Teton Music Festival. Chamber Music Recitals: Prokofiev, Gounod, Wallace. Arizona State University.

• Faculty Woodwind Chamber Music Recital: Mahler, Demersseman, Magnard. • Solo Faculty Recital: Zelenka, Dutilleux, Bach. • Faculty Chamber Music Recital: Katzin Chamber Musicians. • Faculty Woodwind Chamber Music Recital: Françaix, Aschaffenburg, Milhaud. • Shared recital with guest artist Eric Ohlsson, oboe professor at Florida State University. • Faculty Recital: Robert Spring clarinet recital.

1996 Londrina Music Festival. (Londrina, Brazil) Performed César Guerra Peixe Circle of Friends. With the OSUEL Orchestra. Norton

Morozowicz, conductor. Grand Teton Music Festival.

Chamber Music Recitals: Hummel, Britten, Dvorak, Larsen, Harbison. Arizona State University.

• Faculty Woodwind Quintet Recital: Harbison, Ibert, Cambini, Vayo. • Society of Composers Region VII Conference: ASU Woodwind Quintet. • Music by Arizona Composers: ASU Woodwind Quintet.

1995 Grand Teton Music Festival. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2. • Chamber Music Recitals: Zelenka, Loeffler, Varése, Mozart, Dvorak.

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 1995 (cont.) Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: de Lavigne, Zelenka, Loeffler, Pasculli. • Faculty Recital: Trygve Peterson flute recital. • Faculty Chamber Music Recital: Music of Hindemith and Faure. • Solo performance of Wayne Barlow The Winter’s Passed. With the University Conductor’s

Orchestra. • Solo performance of Aaron Copland Quiet City. With the University Conductor’s Orchestra.

1994 Bach Aria Festival and Institute – Artist Fellow (Stony Brook, NY). Grand Teton Music Festival.

• Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in F Major. • Chamber Music Recitals: Vivaldi, C. P. E. Bach, Prokofiev, Schoenberg.

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Solo performance of Gaetano Donizetti Concertino in G Major for English Horn and

orchestra. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Arizona State University.

• Solo Faculty Recital: Handel, J. S. Bach, Hindemith, Brahms, Beethoven. • Woodwind Faculty Recital: Pasculli. • Faculty Chamber Music Recital. • Solo performance of David Noon Serenade for English Horn and Strings. With the ASU Chamber

Orchestra. Timothy Russell, conductor. 1993 Grand Teton Music Festival.

• Solo performance of Benedetto Marcello Oboe Concerto in c minor. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Suite #1 in C Major. • Chamber Music Recitals: Castaldo, Zelenka, Bach.

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Solo performance of Aaron Copland Quiet City for English Horn, Trumpet, and Strings. Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

Arizona State University. • Solo Faculty Recital: Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Britten, Poulenc, Françaix. • Woodwind Faculty Recital: Vivaldi, Gounod. • Solo performance of Antonio Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in d minor.

1992 Grand Teton Music Festival. • Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in A Major for Oboe D’amore. • Chamber Music Recitals: Poulenc, Gordon Jacob, Saint-Saëns.

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Solo performance of Aaron Copland Quiet City for English Horn, trumpet, and strings.

Mark Russell Smith, conductor. 1991 Ensemble 21.

Solo performance of John Harbison Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings. With Robert Spring, clarinet and Arthur Weisberg, conductor. Tempe, AZ.

Grand Teton Music Festival. Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin.

Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. • Solo performance of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski English Horn Concerto. Stanislaw

Skrowaczewski, conductor. • Solo performance of Aaron Copland Quiet City for English Horn, Trumpet, and Strings.

Mark Russell Smith, conductor. 1990 Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.

• Solo performance of J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor for Oboe and Violin. James Sedares, conductor.

• Solo performance of Ernest Richardson Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Percussion. Ernest Richardson, conductor.

1989 The Phoenix Chamber Players. Solo performance of Ernest Richardson Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Percussion

(World Premiere). Ernest Richardson, conducting.

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performances (cont.) 1987 Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Solo performance of J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2. Theo Alcantara, conductor. Annually “Spirit of the Senses” House concerts performed in many venues around the Phoenix metro area. I have performed

on this program annually since 1989. Master Classes

2010 The Ohio University (Athens, OH). Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH). 2008 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Provo, UT).

Presented a master class devoted to literature from the baroque era. SUNY at Fredonia. Ithaca College. Fresno State University – 12th annual Double Reed Day. In my second visit to this event, I taught two classes, gave a lecture, and performed a recital

as the featured oboe artist. The featured bassoon artist was retired New York Philharmonic bassoonist, Leonard Hindell.

2008 Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI) – Double Reed Day. Taught three classes and performed a recital as the featured oboe artist for this event.

Bassoon artists were David McGill, principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Robert Barris, retired professor of bassoon at Northwestern University.

Festival Internacional de Flauta – Monterrey, Mexico. Taught daily master classes and performed as soloist at this week-long festival for flute,

oboe, and clarinet players from throughout Mexico. Other artists on faculty included Leone Buyse and Michael Webster, both professors at Rice University.

2007 University of Wisconsin – Madison. University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. University of Illinois. Illinois State University. 2006 Brigham Young University. University of Utah. Utah State University. Brigham Young University – Idaho. Idaho State University. 2005 Michigan State University. University of Michigan. Western Kentucky University – Double Reed Day. Guest artist for the annual Double Reed Day at WKU. Taught a master class, gave a

lecture, and performed on the gala evening recital. 2004 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Melbourne, Australia). Rice University. Idaho State University. University of Houston. Stephen F. Austin State University. Interlochen Arts Academy. 2003 Conference of the International Double Reed Society (Greensboro, NC). 2002 Indiana University. University of Kentucky. Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

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Master Classes (cont.) 2002 (cont.) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (“Oboe Blow-out”). Guest soloist and clinician. This event was sponsored by Nora Post, Inc. I was one of three

guest artists along with Nancy Ambrose King, professor of oboe at the University of Michigan, and Ray Still, retired principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony.

Columbus State University (GA). Florida State University. University of Georgia. 2001 30th Annual Conference of the International Double Reed Society

(Morgantown, WV). California State University, Fresno – 5th annual Double Reed Day. I taught two master classes, gave a lecture, and performed on the evening gala recital. The

bassoon guest was international bassoon soloist, author, and conductor Arthur Weisberg. Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Eastern Michigan University. Western Michigan University. Northwestern University. Ashland (OH) University. 2000 University of California – Santa Barbara. Ohio University. University of Kentucky. University of Akron. UCLA. 1999 University of Iowa. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. University of Wisconsin – Madison. 1998 Brigham Young University. 1997 University of New Mexico. Florida State University. University of Alabama. Academie Européenne de Musique (Tournon-sur-Rhône, France) – Professor

of Oboe. I taught daily master classes to a class of six oboe students from Germany and France, and performed as principal oboe in the Philharmonic Orchestra in a two-week festival.

1996 •16th International Londrina Music Festival (Londrina, Brazil) – Professor of Oboe.

Taught daily masterclasses to a class of Brazilian oboists. Performed daily chamber music and concerto concerts in a one–week festival.

Commissions and Dedications 2009 Alyssa Morris – Motion for wind quartet. A fifteen-minute suite in four

movements for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. Commissioned by the Ocotillo Winds.

2001 William Wallace – Hubbub: A Commotion for Oboe and Percussion. A short, fast piece for oboe and three percussionists. Written for Martin Schuring.

1998 John Steinmetz – Scenes from an Imaginary Opera. A fifteen-minute suite in five movements for English Horn and piano. Commissioned by Martin Schuring.

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Commissions and Dedications (cont.) 1989 Ernest Richardson – Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Percussion. A twenty-minute

concerto in four movements. Written for Martin Schuring. 1973 Christopher Dedrick – Twilight. A ten-minute piece for solo oboe and wind

ensemble. Commisioned for Martin Schuring by the Clarence Central High School Band.

Professional Service

Service to the International Double Reed Society The International Double Reed Society is the professional organization for oboe and

bassoon players worldwide. Membership is approximately 4,000 musicians around the world. The Society serves its membership with a quartely publication of about 200 pages (“The Double Reed”), a very substantial web page (idrs.org), and an annual international conference. In addition, we sponsor two competitions for young performers and have commissioned numerous works from composers such as Thea Musgrave, Libby Larsen, Jean Françaix, and others. I have served the Society in many capacities, listed below.

2011 Host of the 2011 International Double Reed Society Conference. ASU has been selected as the site for the 2011 annual Conference. This five-day event

will attract approximately 1,000 musicians from around the world to our campus. Dr. Albie Micklich and I are hosting this event. To my knowledge, this is the only time that the same institution has been selected to host the Conference twice (see 1998). For reference, the 2010 program may be viewed at http://idrs2010.org/.

2010 – present President, International Double Reed Society. Presidents serve two consecutive two-year terms, so my tenure will end in December, 2013. 2006 – 2009 First Vice President (President-elect). 2006 – 2009 Coordinator, Sponsor-a-member Program. IDRS matches needy musicians with members who sponsor their membership in the

Society. Approximately 50 people around the world receive free membership through this program.

2003 – 2009 Chair, Honorary Membership Committee. Honorary membership is the Society’s “Lifetime Achievement Award.” Each year, one

oboist and one bassoonist are selected from nominations received from the membership. 2001 – present Associate Editor (oboe), The Double Reed. The quarterly publication of the International Double Reed Society. I advise on content

and policy, ultimately succeeding to the editorship when the current editor chooses to retire. 2002 – 2005 Secretary. This is an elected, voting position on the executive committee of the Society. 2000 Member, Honorary Membership Committee. 1999 Judge for the Fernand Gillet Competition (preliminary round) The young artist competition of the International Double Reed Society with international

constestants and a (then) $5,000 first prize. With an age limit of 30, these are very highly skilled players.

1998 Host of the 1998 International Double Reed Society Conference The five-day annual conference of the 5,000-member IDRS. Events included more than

fifty performances, as well as exhibits, master classes and lectures at the ASU School of Music. Nearly 800 registrants, performers, and exhibitors attended.

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Professional Service (cont.)

Service to The Grand Teton Music Festival The Grand Teton Music Festival is a seven-week summer festival based in Teton Village,

WY and founded in 1962. I have been performing there since 1980. Current annual budget is approximately $4 million. The music director is Donald Runnicles, also music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In addition to my many performances at the Festival, I have served in the following capacities:

2008 – present Member, Board of Directors. I was honored to be elected to the board of the Festival as a voting member participating in

all policy, planning, and budget discussions. 2009 – present Member, Long Range Planning Committee. 2006 – present Member, Artistic Committee. A sub-committee of the board with responsibility for advising on artistic questions relating to

repertoire, guest artists, scheduling, and future strategic planning fulfilling the Festival’s vision.

2006 – 2009 Chamber Music Coordinator. Duties included planning of programs, organization of personnel, musical liaison with music director Donald Runnicles, and overall production of a chamber music season of approximately 13 concerts in a seven–week festival.

2000 – 2006 Player’s Board (Chair, 2003-2006). The Player’s Board is elected by the musicians to represent them to the administration and

the board of directors. 1991 – 1993 Chamber Music Coordinator. Duties included planning of programs, organization of personnel, musical liaison with the

artistic director, and overall production of a chamber music season of approximately 25 concerts in an eight-week festival.

Service to the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra 1992 – 1993 Member, Board of Directors. 1992 – 1993 Chair, Orchestra Committee. 1992 – 1993 Chair, Negotiating Committee. 1991 – 1993 Member, Orchestra Committee. 1990 – 1994 Member, Artistic Advisory Committee. 1987 – 1988 Music Director Search Committee. Other Professional Service 2000 – 2003 MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Convention Program Steering

Committee, 2002 and 2003 National Conventions. A national committee responsible for all programming and planning of events during these

two national conventions. For reference, the 2010 program may be viewed at http://www.mtna.org/Programs/Conferences/2010Conference/tabid/568/Default.aspx

University Service

2009 – present Personnel Committee, ASU School of Music. 2007 Personnel Committee. ASU Herberger College of the Arts (Fall semester

sabbatical replacement). 2007 Standards Committee. ASU Herberger College of the Arts (Fall semester

sabbatical replacement). 2005 – 2006 Chair, Bassoon Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 2004 – 2005 Early Music/Harpsichord Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 2003 – 2004 Clarinet Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 2002 – 2003 Music Theory Search Committee. ASU School of Music.

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University Service (cont.) 2002 – 2003 Flute Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 2002 – 2005 Personnel Committee. ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts (Chair, 2003–

2005). 2000 – 2001 Horn Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 2000 – 2001 Viola Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 1999 – 2000 Outstanding Faculty Selection Committee. ASU College of Fine Arts. 1999 – 2000 Artist Diploma Audition Committee. ASU School of Music. 1999 – 2000 Viola Search Committee. ASU School of Music. 1997 – 1998 Artist Diploma ad-hoc Committee. ASU School of Music. 1997 Guest Conductor: ASU Symphonic Band. 1996 – present Woodwind Area Coordinator – ASU School of Music. An elected administrative position. Duties include curriculum planning, organization of

final playing examinations, planning of area-wide performances, and liaison with School of Music administrators.

1996 – present Created and maintained the “ASU Oboe Studio Homepage” on the World Wide Web.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~schuring/ 1994 – 1997 Student Chamber Music Committee. ASU School of Music. 1993 – present Direct woodwind sectionals for the ASU Symphony Orchestra 4–5 times

annually. 1993 – 1997 University Chamber Music Series Committee. ASU School of Music.

Hosted Guest Artists at ASU 2010 Russell de Luna – English Horn, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. 2009 John Dee – Professor of Oboe, University of Illinois. 2007 Michele Fiala – Professor of Oboe, Western Kentucky University. 2005 Nancy Ambrose King – Professor of Oboe, University of Michigan. 2004 Katherine Needleman – Principal Oboe, Baltimore Symphony. 2004 Daniel J. Stolper – Professor of Oboe, Interlochen Arts Academy. 2004 Jan Eberle – Professor of Oboe, Michigan State University. 2004 Marc Fink – Professor of Oboe, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2001 Marion Arthur Kuszyk – Associate Principal Oboe, Los Angeles Philharmonic. 2000 Kathryn Greenbank – Principal Oboe, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. 1998 Kevin Vigneau – Professor of Oboe, University of New Mexico. 1998 David Weiss – Principal Oboe, Los Angeles Philharmonic. 1997 Eric Ohlsson – Professor of Oboe, Florida State University. 1997 Franck Avril – Professor of Oboe, University of Alabama. 1997 Peter Cooper – Principal Oboe, Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Community Service

1992 – present Phoenix Symphony Guild Youth Orchestra. Direct woodwind and oboe sectionals between three and ten times annually. 1992 – present Phoenix Symphony Guild Youth Orchestra. Judge woodwind entrance and seating auditions each year. 1997, 1998 Guest Conductor: Phoenix Symphony Guild Youth Orchestra 1993, 1996, 2002 Phoenix Symphony Guild Competition. Judge for Senior Division

Woodwinds. 1994, 1999, 2003 Phoenix Symphony Guild Competition: Judge for Junior Division

Woodwinds. 1988 Sun Cities Symphony: Judge for Butterfield Competition. 1986 Phoenix Symphony Guild Competition: Judge for Grand Prize round.

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Professional Memberships and Affiliations Sponsored artist: T. W. Howarth & Co., Ltd. American Federation of Musicians, Local 586 College Music Society International Double Reed Society Music Teacher’s National Association