The Wright State University Double Reed Festival is an event that brings together double reed players from throughout Southwestern and Central Ohio. The conference is a full day of new ideas and exchanges of knowledge geared towards the needs and interests of high school students, private studio teachers, and amateur double reed players. The day will include:

• Classes covering concepts of performing, reed adjustment, the English horn and contrabassoon, and literature with separate offerings for students and adults.
• Vendors including Miller Marketing, Fox Corporation, Prairie Dawg Press, Absolute Music, and others will be on hand for everyone to shop for double reed music, reeds, instruments, and tools or just to see the latest reed gadgets and gizmos.
• The WSU Double Reed Festival is for high school and college students, amateur and professional players, and private studio teachers
• Cost of the event is $25 This covers all masterclasses, recitals, and events of the day and includes one ticket to the Artist Series Concert that evening.
• Everyone should bring an instrument and participate in the Double Reed Pandemonium Band!
• All festival events will take place on the campus of Wright State University at the Creative Arts Center.

For more information on the WSU Double Reed Festival or to be a vendor for the day, contact WSU bassoon instructor Bill Jobert at william.jobert@wright.edu orWSU oboe instructor
Kathy deGruchy at katherine.degruchy@wright.edu.

Workshop Presenters
	Bill Jobert is the bassoon instructor at Wright State University. His class "From Store to Stage" will focus adjusting bassoon reeds so that students are not at the mercy of their reeds. Bill Jobert's Homepage
	Katherine L. deGruchy is the oboe instructor at Wright State University and will be presenting beginning and advanced masterclasses on the English horn. Katherine deGruchy's Homepage
	Carlos Coelho is an oboe repair specialist and owner of Carlos Coelho Woodwinds. Born in Brazil, he studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at Temple University. His masterclass will be on selecting the right instrument. Coelho Woodwinds will have a booth in the vendor hall so oboists can purchase supplies and speak to Carlos throughout the day.
	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. Benjamin Coelho's Home Page
	Bruce Gbur is the former professor of bassoon and oboe at Kansas State University. He is an accomplished contrabassoonist and is the founder and owner of the double reed publishing house Prairie Dawg Press. Prairie Dawg Press Homepage
	Dan Duncan recently retired from Eastern Kentucky University after over 40 years of teaching double reed instruments.  Interested in performing early music on period instruments since undergraduate days, he studied Baroque bassoon with Michael McCraw and Baroque oboe with Washington McClain at the IU Early Music Institute and shawm and dulcian with Bob Wiemken of Piffaro.  He performs with Dayton's Wind in the Woods early music ensemble on recorders, crumhorns, and other early instruments.  Dr. Duncan’s crumhorns, rackett, and shawm were self constructed from EMS instrument kits.