Degree Offerings in the Woodwind Area   • Bachelor of Arts • Bachelor of Arts Specialization in   Instrumental Jazz Studies • Bachelor of Music Education    (K-12 cert.) • Bachelor of Music     Composition/Technology • Music Minor • Master of Music Education • Master of Music Performance • Master of Music     Composition/Technology	Ensembles   • Symphonic Wind Ensemble • Symphony Orchestra • Concert Band • Jazz Bands I, II, III • Jazz Combos • Grizzly Marching Band • Flute Choir • Clarinet Choir • Saxophone Quartets • Woodwind Chamber Music
Entrance and Scholarship Audition Information • Friday, 2/3/12 - Music Day • Saturday, 2/18/12 - Additional Scholarship Day • Thursday, 3/1/12 - Applications & Auditions by CD Due. Call 406-243-6880
In addition to numerous opportunities to perform with UM's ongoing ensembles, woodwind players may study privately and participate in chamber music ensembles, including saxophone quartets, woodwind quintets, and other smaller chamber groups. Private instruction is available in flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon with members of the UM woodwind faculty qualified by training and experience to provide enriching applied instruction.	Requirements for all new and transfer students wishing to enter into woodwind studies as a major or minor are as follows:   1. Chromatic scale ascending and descending full range of instrument in slurred 16th note patterns at quarter note = 60.   2. All major scales, ascending and descending two complete octaves*, slurred 16th notes at quarter notes = 60. • Clarinets: E, F, G scales should be performed 3 octaves; • Saxophones & Oboes: F#, G, Ab and A should be performed one octave; • Bassoons: Bb, B and C should be performed 3 octaves.   3. Two contrasting solos/etudes/passages demonstrating lyrical and technical command of the instrument.   4. All students expected to sight read during the audition.   5. All students applying to Jazz Studies program must improvise during the audition.   *Requirements for scholarship consideration are the same.
Contact: The University of Montana School of Music 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 Phone: 406-243-6880 Web: umt.edu/music

Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, Assistant Professor of Double Reeds, joined The University of Montana School of Music in August 2009 as. She is thrilledto return to her native state of Montana after ten successful years of teaching in the Midwest at Luther College, where she was Assistant Professor of Oboe, Bassoon, and Theory, and most recently at Central Michigan University’s School of Music, where she was Assistant Professor of Oboe. While at Central Michigan University, Cavanaugh was a member of the Powers Woodwind Quintet. She can be heard on their July 2011 release on the White Pine Music Label, which features “Gems” for the Woodwind Quintet. She frequently performs solo and chamber music recitals throughout the United States and enjoys presenting master classes to students of all ages. She is currently the principal English horn player with the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and has held principal English horn positions with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra in Wisconsin and the Yakima Symphony Orchestra in Washington. She has served as acting principal oboe with several other orchestras throughout the Midwest and Northwest. Cavanaugh is a member of the International Double Reed Society and a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. Her interests include relaxation techniques for oboists as well as commissioning and performing new compositions for the oboe and English horn. She is an active performer and presenter at international, national, and regional conferences. Recent engagements include performances at the International Double Reed Society Conference, the Midwest Clinic, and the Michigan Music Conference. Cavanaugh studied with Rebecca Henderson at the University of Washington (D.M.A), James Brody at the University of Colorado at Boulder (M.M.), and Tad Margelli at Central Washington University (B.M.). jennifer.cavanaugh@umontana.edu

Johan Eriksson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies. Johan is originally from Göteborg, Sweden. He teaches classical and jazz saxophone, saxophone quartets, jazz combos, jazz history, jazz arranging, jazz pedagogy, and the saxophone portion of woodwind methods at the University of Montana. Equally comfortable in the symphony hall and the jazz club, Johan has performed internationally in Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and England. He has repeatedly performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance biannual conference. Johan has performed or recorded with such notable groups/artists as the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Singers, John Corigliano, Bil Jackson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lou Marini, Slide Hampton, Hamiet Bluiett, Ron Carter, Fred Wesley, Rufus Reid, Steve Turre, Boris Kozlov, Harry Begian, Wayne Bergeron, Bill Holman, Ron Miles, Dan Nimmer, Ingrid Jensen, Lee Konitz, Terell Stafford, Chris Potter, Johnathan Blake, Donny McCaslin, Azar Lawrence, Ninth and Lincoln Orchestra, and many other wonderful musicians. Johan has recorded two CDs with the Denver based group Fred Hess Big Band and drummer Matt Wilson on the Dazzle Jazz Label. Dedicated to music education, Johan taught K-12 in the public schools of Illinois. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (BM Saxophone Performance, BM Jazz Performance), Northern Illinois University (MM Jazz Pedagogy) and is finishing a doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado (DMA Saxophone Performance, Minor in Music Theory).  johan.eriksson@umontana.edu

Christopher Kirkpatrick, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Montana, has given performancesand masterclasses at universities throughout North America and has maintained a private studio with students being accepted into many prestigious music programs across the country. As an orchestral musician he has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Lansing Symphony, West Michigan Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony, Brevard Music Center Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, and the Missoula Symphony. International conference performances include the International Clarinet Association’s annual ClarinetFest (2006, 2007, 2011), the Brandon University Clarinet Festival (2011), Michigan State University Clarinet Spectacular (2007) and the World Bass Clarinet Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands (2004). He has recorded on the Summit label, on the Blue Griffin label, and on a soon to be released recording of William Walton’s Facade: An Entertainment with the Albion Chamber Players. Dr. Kirkpatrick also serves as the Montana State Chair of the International Clarinet Association. He completed his doctoral degree at Michigan State University and also holds degrees from the University of New Mexico (MM) and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (BM). His teachers have included Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Steve Cohen, Keith Lemmons, Ted Gurch, Niko lasa Tejero, and Peter Temko. christopher1.kirkpatrick@umontana.edu

Maxine Ramey, Director of the School of Music and Professor of Clarinet, combines an international reputation as a clarinet recitalist with a distinguished teaching career. Ramey joined the faculty of the University of Montana in 1992 and balances an active performance schedule with her dedication to teaching. In 2008 she received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the School of Fine Arts. Before coming to the University of Montana, she was professor of clarinet at Eastern New Mexico University and held teaching fellowships at Michigan State University and Arizona State University. In addition to teaching clarinet and coaching chamber music, she is clarinetist with resident faculty ensembles such as the Montana Woodwind Trio and the Sapphire Trio. The Sapphire Trio has toured in Japan, Germany, Ireland and Austria. In May of 2006, the U.S. Embassy sponsored the trio in a tour of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (www.sapphiretrio.com). Maxine Ramey has performed as principal clarinet and as a concerto artist with orchestras in Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas and Michigan. She has performed at several International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest conferences and at numerous clarinet festivals and music festivals across the nation. As an advocate of new music, she has commissioned and/or premiered works by Jean Francaix, Jacques Casterede, Ivan Tcherepnine, William Bolcom, Vincent Persichetti, Bill Douglass, Robert Baksa and David Maslanka. She earned her Bachelor of Music from Arizona State University and continued her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree work at Michigan State University. Her teachers include Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Keith Stein, Frank Ell, Ronald DeKant, and Fred Ormand. maxine.ramey@umontana.edu 

Margaret Lund Schuberg, Professor of Flute at The University of Montana, teaches applied flute students, directs The University of Montana Flute Choir, coaches Chamber Music ensembles, and teaches Music Theory. The University of Montana Flute Choir, introduced in 1985 by Schuberg, is comprised of flutes of all sizes including two bass flutes. In spring 2010, the UM Flute Choir traveled to Vienna, Austria, to participate in the UM Study Abroad Program. Schuberg received her Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance, cum laude, from The University of California at Santa Barbara where she studied with William Kincaid protégé, Burnett Atkinson. She received her Master of Music in Flute Performance degree from The University of Montana, Missoula. She attended the Music Academy of the West in California, where she performed under esteemed conductor Maurice Abravanel. Her flute teachers include Eugene Foster and Michael Vance of the Utah Symphony and Burnett Atkinson of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Schuberg has performed in flute master classes with Julius Baker, William Bennett, Bonita Boyd, James Walker and Richard Hahn. She has performed at National Flute Association Conferences and at MENC All-Northwest Division Conferences. Schuberg has received three meritorious teaching awards from The University of Montana. She performs with The International Flute Orchestra and has traveled with the ensemble to Greece and Poland. She is principal flutist with the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and performs with the University of Montana Woodwind Ensemble. Schuberg has produced a CD, The Northwest Woodwind Trio. Her performances have been heard frequently on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” mailto:margaret.schuberg@umontana.edumargaret.schuberg@umontana.edu