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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 22nd annual Bassoon Day at McGill on Saturday\,
  February 15\, 2025! We look forward to seeing you for classes with our sp
 ecial guests Ann Shoemaker\, and Gabrièle Dostie-Poirier\, exhibits\, and 
 our Bassoon Extravaganza concert!\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n	9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.\
 , Elizabeth Wirth Music Building Lobby | Exhibits: Come try out bassoons a
 nd bocals by Canadian bassoon maker Benson Bell\n	10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.\,
  Tanna Schulich Hall | Masterclass with Gabrièle Dostie-Poirier\, bassooni
 st with the Orchestre Métropolitain\n	2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\, Tanna Schulic
 h Hall | Masterclass with Ann Shoemaker\, bassoon professor at Baylor Univ
 ersity\, Texas\n	5:00 p.m.\, Tanna Schulich Hall | A Bassoon Extravaganza #
 22! Join us for a bassoon concert featuring our special guest Ann Shoemake
 r as well as members of the OSM bassoon section\, and don't forget to brin
 g your bassoon for the Bassoon Day Ensemble Finale!\n		 \n\n\nGuest bios:\n
 \n\n\n\n	ANN SHOEMAKER\n\n	Ann Shoemaker\, bassoonist\, is highly regarded a
 s a soloist\, chamber and orchestral musician\, and music educator. She cu
 rrently serves as Associate Professor of Bassoon and Instrumental Studies 
 Division Director at Baylor University in Waco\, Texas. Her students have 
 found continued success in professional orchestras\, military bands\, as f
 reelance musicians\, educators\, and music administrators. Shoemaker serve
 s as principal bassoonist with Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and Waco Symp
 hony Orchestra. Declared “highly expressive\, with a rich sound” and “tech
 nical prowess” by the American Record Guide\, Shoemaker frequently perform
 s guest solo recitals across the country and internationally. She is proud
  to be a Co-Executive Director of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and 
 Symposium\, which advocates for the careers of young women bassoonists and
  strives to contribute to a diverse and supportive community of bassoonist
 s. Dr. Shoemaker completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Univer
 sity of North Carolina at Greensboro\, her Bachelor of Music degree from F
 urman University and her Master of Music degree from Yale School of Music\
 , where she was awarded the Nyfenger Award for Outstanding Woodwind Perfor
 mance. She is a Fox Bassoon performing artist. Her CD\, New Standards: Mus
 ic for Bassoon and Piano\, is available through the MSR Classics label.\n
 \n\n\n\nGABRIÈLE DOSTIE-POIRIER\n\nBassoonist Gabrièle Dostie-Poirier has 
 been a member of the Orchestre Métropolitain since January 2015. Regularly
  engaged as a freelancer by Quebec's leading orchestras\, she is also prin
 cipal bassoon with the Orchestre de l'Agora. Passionate about chamber musi
 c\, she frequently performs in recitals and takes part in various educatio
 nal projects. She can be heard on many recordings of the National Film Boa
 rd and on Télé-Québec's Génial! program. A graduate of the Conservatoire d
 e musique de Montréal\, in bassoon and chamber music\, she studied with Ma
 thieu Harel and Stéphane Lévesque. Previously\, she studied at the Conserv
 atoire de musique de Gatineau with Jo Ann Simpson. Gabrièle has been a bas
 soon teacher at the Conservatoire de Montréal's preparatory program since 
 August 2024. She taught at the Collège Notre-Dame de Montréal and at Collè
 ge Esther-Blondin. Gabrièle participated in numerous advanced training cou
 rses\, including at Le Festival Pablo Casals de Prades in France\, Le Doma
 ine Forget\, l'Académie du Centre d'arts d'Orford\, Brooke Valley Bassoon 
 Days\, l'Orchestre du réseau des Conservatoires and the National Youth Orc
 hestra of Canada. She also studied violin from 1996 to 2010. In addition t
 o her career as a musician\, she is deeply committed to her role as Chair 
 of the Orchestre Métropolitain's Musicians' Committee.\n\n \n\n\nMcGill Ba
 ssoon Day 2025 is presented by:\n\n | |  | \n\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\, 52
 7 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:McGill Bassoon Day 2025
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/event/mcgill-bassoon-day
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