Texas High School All State Oboe and Bassoon Masterclass

10/17/23 – ALL Oboe and Bassoon Soloist spots are now filled, but we are still accepting applications for an Oboe and Bassoon Soloist wait list, and observers.

 

Dallas Area Oboe and Bassoon Masterclass

All State Etudes for Oboe, Bassoon, English Horn, and Contrabassoon

November 11, 2023

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Flower Mound High School

Oboe Clinician: Sally Bohls

Bassoon Clinician: Dr. Jennifer Auerbach

 

Soloists and Student Observers welcome. Soloists perform part of the music and receive a critique from the clinician.

Observers play when others play, but not by themselves.  Soloist spots limited.

$25 for soloists – $10 for observers

$10 late fee after November 2, and enrollment closes November 7th after 11:59pm

No refunds offered.

This is an in-person event.

*This masterclass will be working on high school level music – younger players are welcome to sign up, however please note that they will mainly be observing since they are usually not working on the high school audition music yet.

 

Meet our clinicians below!

Sally Bohls is the founder of the Operation O.B.O.E. component of Bocal Majority and co-author of the acclaimed beginner double reed method book “Beginner Class Boot Camp: a Double Reed Classroom Method Book.” Sally is a professional performer/contractor, studio musician, and private teacher in the Dallas Metroplex. She has articles published in national and international magazines. She has been playing oboe since 1967 and started teaching oboe in 1976. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Tech University and a Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University. She has studied oboe with Stephen Lickman and Eric Barr of the Dallas Symphony and been a participant in master classes and seminars given by John Mack and Ray Still. She plays with the Lewisville Lake Symphony, Dallas Summer Musicals, and has recorded CD’s with the Turtle Creek Chorale. She has a private studio of young oboists grades 6 thru 12 and has taught at the university level. Her students are extraordinarily successful at all levels and in all types of competitions. Sally tries to instill a profound sense of self-worth and joy of playing in all of her students. She currently resides in Carrollton, Texas.

 

 

Dr. Jennifer Auerbach [CEO] is the founder of the Bocal Majority organization. She holds a bachelor’s degree in bassoon performance from Chicago Musical College and master’s and doctoral degrees in music theory from the University of North Texas. She studied bassoon with Joseph Urbinato, Kathleen Reynolds, and Monte Perkins. She has taught private bassoon lessons in the Dallas metroplex since 1998 and has given numerous clinics at the Texas Music Educators’ Convention, the International Double Reed Society and many other conventions. Along with Sally Bohls, she has co-authored a method book for first-year double-reed classes. Dr. Auerbach was a Fulbright grant recipient to study in Austria in 2005, she was the principal bassoonist of the Richardson Symphony for 8 years, and the contrabassoonist of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. She resides in Richardson with her husband and cats.