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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Benjamin Coelho, bassoon; Carlos Coelho, oboe; and Carl Anderson, clarinet
8:00pm Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center

Benjamin Coelho, Associate Professor of Bassoon, has been at The University of Iowa since 1998. He has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and clinician in several countries including the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Portugal, France, Romania, Australia, Canada and Czech Republic. 

He has released two solo CDs: Bassoon Images from the Americas (Albany Records, 2003), and Bravura Bassoon (Crystal Records, 2005). Additionally, he has recorded two CDs with the double reed ensemble WiZARDS!, the first released in 2000 by Crystal Records and second CD released by Boston Records in October of 2003. Mr. Coelho's third chamber music CD, Pas de Trois, is soon to be released on the Crystal Records label.

Mr. Coelho’s articles on bassoon performance and literature have been published in the journals of the International Double Reed Society, as well as the British Double Reed Society, as well as the German magazine ROHRBLATT.

Carlos Coelho was born in Brazil, studied Oboe in the United States at the Manhattan School of Music; SUNY Purchase (State Univ. of New York);Temple University (Philadelphia); and CUNY City College of New York), where he is a candidate for the Doctorate in Oboe Performance degree.

His teachers included Henry Schuman, Elaine Douvas, and Louis Rosenblatt. He also studied with Ingo Goritzki at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany.

Carlos' first Oboe teacher was his father, who was director of the Conservatorio Musical de Tatui, one of the largest music schools in South America. Carlos and his father are not the only musicians in the family. Not only is his brother Benjamin a bassoonist, his brother Tadeu is a professor of Flute at the North Carolina School for the Arts. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, brother Luiz is a band director in Cleveland, Ohio.

Formerly the Principal Oboist of the Campinas Symphony Orchestra and faculty member of the University of Campinas in Brazil, Carlos has also performed with the International Chamber Music Ensemble of the Associazione Musicale Riky Haertelt from Torino, Italy.

Carl H. C. Anderson is a native of Williston, North Dakota.  While in high school he was selected to attend the High School Institute of Music at Northwestern University where he studied clarinet with Domenic DeCaprio.  Mr. Anderson attended Louisiana State University where he earned that institution’s first Bachelor of Music in Woodwinds degree with a performance major in clarinet.  He also earned his Master of Music degree from Louisiana State University.  While at LSU, Mr. Anderson was a student of Paul D. Dirksmeyer.  Mr. Anderson has also studied with George Waln at the Teachers’ Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory and with Robert Marcellus at Northwestern University.

Mr. Anderson was Professor of Clarinet at Jacksonville (AL) State University for 33 years and retired in 1996 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status in 1997.  He is a frequent clinician, adjudicator and soloist throughout the Southeast.  He has been a featured soloist at several Southeastern Regional Conferences of the International Clarinet Association and was a featured performer at the 1998 “Clarfest” at The Ohio State University.  He has also performed at the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors conferences.

Mr. Anderson is a leading figure in the clarinet choir movement in the Southeast.  He founded the Clarinet Choir at Jacksonville State University in 1965  and has written over 30 arrangements for this group, five of which are published by Shawnee Press and G. Schirmer.  His arrangement of the Myslivicek “Harmonie” was featured by The Ohio State University Clarinet Choir at the 1988 International Clarinet Conference and two of his arrangements were performed at the 1992 International Clarinet Conference by the Ohio All-Star high School Clarinet Choir.

Mr. Anderson is the recipient of several awards and honors including the Orpheus Award from Phi Mu Alpha, the Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Biographical Institute and Faculty Research Awards in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1993 from Jacksonville State University.

Mr. Anderson is currently the principal clarinetist of the Gadsden (AL) Symphony Orchestra, the Seven Hill Opera Company, the Chamber Players of the South and the Cheaha Chamber Players.  He is also the staff clarinetist with the Vermont Music and Arts Center.