2023 - 2024

You are cordially invited to on-campus concerts that feature GVSU student ensembles. All events are free and open to the public. Click on the MTD Event Calendar link for more information. Email Dr. Vavrikova if you would like to schedule a private lesson or if would like to sit in on oboe studio and reed-making classes (see schedule below), lessons, ensemble rehearsals, and music history or theory classes.   

OBOE STUDIO CLASSES: Tuesdays (1:00 P.M. - 1:50 P.M.), Cook-DeWitt Auditorium
REED MAKING CLASSES: Tuesdays (10:00 A.M. - 10:50 A.M.) and Wednesdays (12:00 P.M. - 12:50 P.M.), Reed Room

WINTER 2024

• Friday, January 19: MCEP* Lecture: Charles Burke
• Thursday-Saturday, January 25-27: MICHIGAN MUSIC CONFERENCE 
• Friday, February 2: Music Auditions
• Friday, February 2: Vladimir Werner's Concerto for Oboe is released on the Blue Griffin Recording label 
• Saturday, February 3: GVSU Double Reeding (MS and HS)
• Sunday, February 4: Wind Symphony Concert
• Thursday, February 8: MCEP* Lecture: Tanya Maggi
• Saturday, February 17: Music Auditions
• Wednesday, February 21: GVSU Symphony Orchestra Concert
• Thursday, February 22: MCEP* Lecture: Will Fedkenheuer 
• Monday, February 26: Concert Band Concert
• Wednesday, February 28: Wind Symphony Concert 
• Tuesday, March 5: Informational Meeting for Oboe Students Interested in GVSU Music Programs 
• Saturday, March 16: Music Auditions
• Sunday, March 24: B.M. RECITAL - Natalie Feldpausch
• Saturday, March 30: B.M. and B.M.E. joint RECITAL - Joy Anderson and Lea Carter
• Wednesday, April 10: GVSU Symphony Orchestra Concert, with Natalie Feldpausch as soloist! Antonio Pasculli's La Favorita. 
• Friday, April 12: Music Auditions
• Friday, April 12: Wind Symphony and Concert Band Concert
• Saturday, April 13: B.M. RECITAL - Natalie Kline

*Music Community Engagement Project

CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
GVSU Oboe Quartet: high and middle school visits, and retirement homes
Whirlwind Quintet: high and middle school visits, and retirement homes

ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS
Grand Valley Symphony Orchestra M, W, F 1-2:20pm
Wind Symphony T, R 2:30 - 4:30pm
Concert Band M, W, F 3-3:50pm
Marching Band M, W, F 4-4:50pm, T 6-7:50pm (Saturdays)
New Music W 12-12:50pm, F 2:30-3:50pm
Early Music Times TBD

FALL 2023

• Tuesday, September 9: Oboe Studio Class - Breathing 
• Tuesday, September 19: Oboe Studio Class - Effective Practice Techniques 
• Thursday, September 28: Czech Republic: Study Abroad Meeting (GACC*)
• Sunday, October 1: OBOE GROUP LESSON - REGISTRATION opens
• Thursday and Friday, October 5-6: Dr. Nancy Ambrose King Residency (open to observers)
  • Thursday, October 5 (5-7pm, Reed Room): Reed Making Class 
  • Friday, October 6 (11am-1pm, CDC): Master Class 
• Saturday, October 7: GVSU Band Day (HS)
• Wednesday, October 11: Symphony Orchestra Concert
• October 9 - 13: GVSU Midterms
• Monday, October 16: Concert Band Concert
• Wednesday, October 18: Wind Symphony Concert
• Wednesday, October 25: Sonora Winds Residency 
  • 8-10am: Oboe Master Class (SVS) - open to observers
  • 12pm: RECITAL (SVS) - free and open to public
• Wednesday, November 1: University Arts Choral Concert - “Frostiana” by Randall Thompson, GVSU oboe soloist
• Tuesday, November 7: Oboe Studio Class - Audition Preparation 
• Friday, November 10 (12-12:50pm, HCPA 1515): Dr. Vavrikova will introduce Moravian music (lecture)    
• First two weekends in November (date TBA): GVSU Concerto Competition 
• Wednesday, November 15: Dr. Vavrikova performs U.S. Premiere of Vladimir Werner’s Concerto with GVSU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Joel Schut (GACC*)
• Friday, December 1 (1-2:30pm, HCPA 1410): Oboe Group Lesson with Dr. Vavrikova (MS and HS)    
• Friday, December 1 (7:30pm, CDC): Woodwind Chamber Music Concert  
• Saturday, December 2 (1pm): Double Reed Bash 
• Tuesday, December 5 (7:30pm, LAT): Concert Band Concert
• Wednesday December 6: Wind Symphony Concert
• Saturday, December 9: Last Day of Classes
• Monday, December 11: JURIES

       
*GACC - Global Awareness Collaborative Colloquium