Double Reed Fest
Sunday, January 14, 2024
1:30 pm-8 pm
Hamel Music Center
$30 | Register here
Meal provided
Schedule
1:30 pm: Registration
2 pm: Faculty recital
2:45 pm: Booth visit
3:15 pm: Master classes
4:30 pm: Booth visit
5 pm: Double reed band rehearsal
6 pm: Dinner
7 pm: Concert
Double Reed Fest Faculty
Lindsay Flowers
Assistant Professor of Oboe
Mead Witter School of Music
Marc Vallon
Professor of Bassoon
Mead Witter School of MusicExperience the Hamel Music Center
Hamel Music Center
Located at the busy intersection of University Avenue and Lake Street, the Hamel Music Center, occupies one of the most publicly visible corners of the campus. The warmth of the precast concrete echoes the limestone of the historic and iconic campus buildings, but the forms of the Hamel Music Center reflect the forward-thinking, progressive, Wisconsin Idea. The space, through rhythm and syncopation, is designed to evoke the musical experience as one experiences the architecture through time. The syncopated curtain wall façade of the main entrance invites the public to enter the sheet music.
Mead Witter Foundation Hall
The Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall seats 413 (plus 8 wheelchair access) on the main floor; 153 (plus 2 wheelchair access) in the balcony; and seats 85 on bench seats in a choir loft. Total seat count is 661. A series of coffers—circular, recessed or projecting panels—along the walls also absorb and reflect sound back into the concert hall. Two 50,000 cubic-feet floating concrete reverberation chambers on the second floor, covered in fabric, are installed 30 feet high on each side of the concert hall stage. The chambers absorb sound and reflect it back out into the audience. Motorized curtains can be drawn around the walls to adjust the level of “live” sound in the hall.
Collins Recital Hall
The Collins Recital Hall seats 189 on the main floor (plus 3 wheelchair access) and 104 in the balcony, with an additional three for wheelchair access, to total 299. Warm wooden elements include wooden planking sourced from tribal lands of the Menominee Indians in Wisconsin; wooden “petals” on the lighting “tiaras” suspended from the ceiling; and framed glulam beams (laminated timber of exceptional strength) that support the cement-filled ceiling. The hall’s colorful and dynamic wallpaper was designed by Tandem Press founder and printmaker William Weege, professor emeritus of UW–Madison’s Department of Art.
Information for prospective students
We are a community of musicians, scholars, and teachers. Since its beginning in 1895, the School of Music has lived out a commitment to practical and enriching student-centered musical education. Our faculty and staff provide models of academic and artistic leadership, and our students reap the benefits of a dynamic public university and the limitless intellectual and artistic opportunities provided in Madison, Wisconsin.
What we look for in our applicants
Just like the UW–Madison’s general admissions process, the School of Music has a holistic application review. While individual specialties may apply their own criteria, broadly speaking we are looking for qualities such as leadership, community engagement, and success in other areas, in addition to academic excellence and potential for growth and achievement in music. Pre-college musical opportunities and interests vary widely between individual applicants. Musical engagement and drive to excel may be evidenced by a wide range of qualifying experiences. We also consider personal background and potential to contribute to the School of Music community.
