RICHARD BEENE MASTER CLASS
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Classes for Shepherd School Bassoon Class
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., Room 1133

RICHARD BEENE enjoys an active career as a teacher, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. As Professor of Bassoon at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), he was awarded the 2001 Harold Haugh Award for excellence in studio teaching. He has been invited to present master classes, and teaching residencies at a number of institutions including The Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Brigham Young University, Louisiana State University and numerous others.

For several years, Professor Beene has also served on the faculties of the Bowdoin Chamber Music Festival, and The Blanche Bryden Chamber Music Institute. Orchestral appearances include residencies with the New York Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as well as numerous guest performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. While maintaining his teaching schedule, Professor Beene also holds the position of Principal Bassoonist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to numerous performances as a soloist with the Toledo Symphony, Beene has toured Europe as a soloist with the American Sinfonietta and performed as a soloist at the Festival de Musique de St. Barthelemy in the French West Indies. Summer festival engagements have included the Sunflower Music Festival in Kansas, the Basically Bach Festival in Anchorage, Alaska, the Colorado Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains (Colorado), the Arkansas Music Festival, Washington's Centram Chamber Music Festival, the Bellingham Festival of Music, and the Peninsula Music Festival. Chamber music and recital engagements have taken him to New York's Merkin Concert Hall and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, as well as performances in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria.

He has also been a featured recitalist at the annual convention of the International Double Reed Society. Professor Beene holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Baylor University and has previously served on the faculties of Michigan State University and Wichita State University. His former students hold a variety of positions as performers and teachers across a broad spectrum of musical activity.