Welcome to IDRS.org, the official website of the International Double Reed Society, the world-wide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts.
IDRS.org is the most comprehensive site dedicated to the dissemination of information related directly to double reed performance, pedagogy, and research. The IDRS.org project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Colorado, College of Music.
Available from the site are: IDRS publications since the inception of the organization in 1972; one-of-a-kind video, audio and podcasts of performances, master classes and interviews of world-renowned double reed professionals, emerging artists and master teachers; complete audio/video/text archive of the Gillet-Fox international competition; double reed music including complete woodwind quintets by Danzi, Reicha and Cambini; database driven information resource system... Read more »
Please join us at this year's IDRS conference, a five-day event that includes concerts, recitals, master classes and workshops presented by leading double reed artists and pedagogues from around the globe. The 2009 conference will be held July 21-25,2009 at the Birmingham Conservatoire, England.
Whether you are interested in attending as a delegate, as an exhibitor or vendor, or as an audience member, you are warmly invited to join us in Birmingham for this very special event.
Conference registration is now open! Click here to go to find out more about how to register and book accommodation for the conference.
It’s a huge event – over five days, we’ll welcome some of the world’s most celebrated performers, composers, teachers, workshop leaders, speakers and traders to Birmingham. We’re expecting up to 1,000 participants – and we want you to be one of them!
The final round judges of the 2009 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox Oboe Competition which will take place this July in Birmingham, England will be:
Neil Black, OBE, Soloist and former Principal Oboist, English Chamber Orchestra.
Sarah Francis, FRCM and Professor, Royal College of Music, London
Nathan Hughes, Principal Oboe, Metropolitan Opera, Oboe Faculty, The Juilliard School
Alex Klein, International [...]
The music department at the University of Texas at Arlington is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Scott Pool as Assistant Professor of Bassoon beginning in the fall of 2009. Dr. Pool is currently the Associate Professor of Bassoon at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia where he has been since 2002. [...]
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Marinello as Assistant Professor of Bassoon. Ms. Marinello is currently Lecturer of Bassoon at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and serves on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Academy Advanced Bassoon Institute.
Ms. Marinello continues to [...]
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