Come and see Mr. Andrew Parker and Mr. Benjamin Coelho play!
Dr. Andrew Parker
Dr.
Andrew Parker has been recently appointed Assistant Professor of Oboe at the
University of Iowa. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree at the Eastman School
of Music and Master’s degree at Yale University, he finished doctoral studies
at the University of Michigan where he was the Graduate Student Instructor. In
his time at the University of Michigan, Andrew was a finalist in the concerto
competition and was asked to represent the university by performing at the
illustrious Conservatory Project, a recital series at the Kennedy Center. He also had the opportunity to collaborate
with many of the faculty including Nancy Ambrose King, Jeffrey Lyman, Donald
Sinta, and Amy Porter among others.
Andrew
has also taught and coached chamber music at various international music
festivals, including the FEMUSC festival in Brazil, the Hartwick Festival in
New York, and the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont. In 2009 he was appointed
the English horn Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival where he performed on a
faculty chamber music recital with Elaine Douvas, Joaquin Valdepenas, Nancy
Goeres, and Nadine Asin. He has also attended other workshops and summer
programs such as the Sarasota Music Festival, the Carnegie Hall Orchestral
Workshop for Winds and Brass, and the Pine Mountain Music Festival.
In
addition to his experience as a teacher and chamber music coach, he has
performed with many orchestras in the US, including the Florida Orchestra, the
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Aspen Fesitval Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra,
the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Flint Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, the Santa
Fe Symphony, the Great Falls Symphony, and the Plymouth Symphony. Andrew
is currently the interim principal oboe of the Quad Cities Symphony.
Andrew's
primary teachers have been Jeannette Bittar, Richard Killmer, and Nancy Ambrose
King. He has also studied with Elaine Douvas and Robert Walters.
Benjamin Coelho
Benjamin Coelho, Professor of Bassoon, has been at The
University of Iowa since 1998. A native from Tatuí, Brazil, Ben started
the bassoon at the age of ten at the local Conservatory. In the
early 1980¹s he came to the U.S. to study at Purchase College Conservatory
of Music, where he received his BFA. He received his Master of
Music degree from Manhattan School of Music. His bassoon teachers included
Clóvis Franco, Donald MacCourt, Arthur Weisberg, and Kim Walker. He has
appeared as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and
clinician in many countries in four continents. As a recording
artist, Ben has released six critically acclaimed CD recordings. Ben
has played as principal bassoon with several orchestras in Brazil and the
USA. Currently, he is the principal bassoon with the Quad City Symphony
Orchestra. Ben lives in Iowa City, Iowa with his wife Karen and their
wonderful daughters Liliana and Julia.
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