BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260405T183217EDT-4311VgVDuA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260405T223217Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 20th annual Bassoon Day at McGill on Saturday\, February 11\, 2023 - our first one in person since 2020! We look forward to seeing you for classes with our special guests Carin Miller and Mary Ch alk\, exhibits\, and our Bassoon Extravaganza concert!\n\nRegister HERE\n \nSchedule:\n\n\n 9:00 am - 2:00 pm\, C-310 | Exhibits: Come try out bassoo ns and bocals by Canadian bassoon maker Benson Bell\n 10:30 am - 12:00 pm\, C-304 | Masterclass with Mary Chalk\, principal bassoon\, Orchestre symph onique de Trois-Rivières\, appears regularly with the OSM\, OSQ and Les Vi olons du Roy\, among others.\n 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm\, C-304 | Masterclass with Carin Miller\, principal bassoon of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra and adj unct professor at Portland State University and Pacific University\, and f ounder of the international virtual bassoon symposium Bassoons Without Bor ders.\n 5:00 pm\, Pollack Hall | A Bassoon Extravaganza #20! Join us for a bassoon concert featuring our special guests Carin Miller and Mary Chalk\, as well as members of the OSM bassoon section\, and don't forget to bring your bassoon for the Bassoon Day Ensemble Finale!\n  \n\n\nGuest bios:\n\n \n Carin Miller\n\n \n\n Carin Miller is principal bassoon with the Oregon Sy mphony\, and she previously held principal bassoon positions with the Jack sonville and Shreveport Symphonies. Ms. Miller performs regularly as guest principal bassoon with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, as well as the Po rtland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theater. She recently toured as guest princ ipal bassoon with the Galilee Chamber Orchestra performing in Tel Aviv\, T oronto\, and New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Ms. Miller enjoys collaboratin g in Seattle with the Seattle Chamber Music Society and Orca Concert serie s\, as well as locally with Chamber Music Northwest\, Amadeus Chamber Orch estra\, Third Angle New Music Ensemble\, Classical up Close\, and 45th Par allel Universe. She is also the founder of the international virtual basso on symposium Bassoons Without Border.\n\n \n Read more\n\n \n Under the umbrel la of the Oregon Symphony Sounds of Home series\, she recently curated and performed in a chamber music program with commissions from local composer s and in conjunction with the Audubon Society of Portland to raise awarene ss of the impact of climate change. Ms. Miller has had the immense pleasur e of performing duets with jazz sensation Wycliffe Gordon as part of her r esidency coaching with the National Youth Orchestra of Carnegie Hall.\n\n A native of Queens\, NY\, Ms. Miller holds a BM from the Juilliard School\, an MM from Rice University\, and an Advanced Certificate from the Univers ity of Southern California. Her teachers include Whitney Crockett\, Frank Morelli\, Stephen Maxym\, and Benjamin Kamins. As an educator\, she has pr esented masterclasses for the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory\, and coaches for the Portland Youth Philharmonic and Wallowa Lake Woodwind Camp. Ms. Miller ha d the great privilege of serving for a year as visiting Adjunct Associate Professor of Bassoon at Indiana University in 2021-2022\, and has served o n the board of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. Ms. Miller is currently Ad junct Professor at Portland State University\, Pacific University\, Lewis and Clark College\, and Reed College\, as well as curating a private teach ing studio from her home in Portland\, OreMary ChalkOriginally from Montre al\, bassoonist Mary Chalk is very active on the Quebec music scene. Winne r of the 2018 Prix d'Europe (Béatrice-Kennedy-Bourbeau award\, winds categ ory)\, she currently holds principal positions with the Drummondville and Trois-Rivières symphony orchestras\, as well as with the Ensemble Contempo rain de Montréal from 2019 to 2022. In addition\, she regularly appears wi th many of Quebec's leading ensembles\, including the Orchestre symphoniqu e de Montréal\, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec\, and Les Violons du R oy.\n \n \n\n\n\n Mary Chalk\n\n \n\n Originally from Montreal\, bassoonist Mar y Chalk is very active on the Quebec music scene. Winner of the 2018 Prix d'Europe (Béatrice-Kennedy-Bourbeau award\, winds category)\, she currentl y holds principal positions with the Drummondville and Trois-Rivières symp hony orchestras\, as well as with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal fr om 2019 to 2022. In addition\, she regularly appears with many of Quebec's leading ensembles\, including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal\, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec\, and Les Violons du Roy.\n\n Mary has sho wn a strong interest in early music and began learning the baroque and cla ssical bassoons in 2015. Since then\, she has been invited to play with se veral ensembles specializing in historical performance including Ensemble Caprices\, Harmonie des Saisons\, and Arion Orchestre Baroque. She has als o participated in the Montreal Bach Festival (2018\, 2021) and the Festiva l International de Musique Baroque de Lamèque (2019). Mary holds two degre es from the Schulich School of Music at McGill\, where she studied with Ma rtin Mangrum and Stéphane Lévesque. She completed her Bachelor's degree at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Frank Morelli.\n\n \n Read more \n\n \n Originally from Montreal\, bassoonist Mary Chalk is very active on t he Quebec music scene. Winner of the 2018 Prix d'Europe (Béatrice-Kennedy- Bourbeau award\, winds category)\, she currently holds principal positions with the Drummondville and Trois-Rivières symphony orchestras\, as well a s with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal from 2019 to 2022. In additio n\, she regularly appears with many of Quebec's leading ensembles\, includ ing the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal\, the Orchestre symphonique de Q uébec\, and Les Violons du Roy.\n\n Mary has shown a strong interest in ear ly music and began learning the baroque and classical bassoons in 2015. Si nce then\, she has been invited to play with several ensembles specializin g in historical performance including Ensemble Caprices\, Harmonie des Sai sons\, and Arion Orchestre Baroque. She has also participated in the Montr eal Bach Festival (2018\, 2021) and the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Lamèque (2019). Mary holds two degrees from the Schulich School of Music at McGill\, where she studied with Martin Mangrum and Stéphane L évesque. She completed her Bachelor's degree at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Frank Morelli.\n \n \n\n\n \n DTSTART:20230211T140000Z DTEND:20230211T230000Z LOCATION:Strathcona Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\, 555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:McGill Bassoon Day 2023 URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/event/mcgill-bassoon-day-2023 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR