• Towards the Introduction of Electric Bassoon in a School Curriculum

• Women Composers in Brazilian Music for Bassoon: an Overview and Proposal for Visibility and Sustainability

• Presentation and discussion of database: Woodwind Quintets written by South and Central American composers.

In these “Meg Talks” Fernando Zúñiga-Chanto presents a new approach to bassoon teaching in a pre-college and college level curriculum that includes an introduction to electric bassoon and its possibilities; Catherine Carignan proposes that by engaging women composers, bassoonists, teachers and students in safe spaces, new learning, composing and performing processes will be developed; and Sasha Gee Enegren reveals a database of quintet music by South and Central American composers.
11:30am EST/8:30am PST (90 minutes)
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• Rubisphere #4 Milonga Misterio: Homage to Piazzolla

• Improvisation as a Tool for Mastering Extended Techniques and Discovering New Sound Worlds

• Mexican Contemporary Music for Solo Bassoon and Electronics

In these “Meg Talks” Alex Davis examines the stylistic influence of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla on Valerie Coleman’s “Rubispheres #2” for Bassoon and Saxophone; Dana Jessen demonstrates using improvisation as a tool for better understanding extended techniques on the bassoon to facilitate the discovery of new sound worlds; and Ashley Haney will highlight two compositions for solo bassoon and electronics by Mexican Composers: Mario Lavista’s Plegarias (Prayers) (2009), and Rodrigo Sigal’s Twilight (2001).
4:30pm EST/1:30pm PST (90 minutes)
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• The Reimagining of a Forgotten Romantic Voice: A Transcription of Emilie Mayer’s Violin Sonata in A Minor for Bassoon

• ¨Reavivando nuestra identidad¨ Reviving our identity.

• East Asian Women in Classical Music: Moving Beyond Traditional Gender Roles and the Label of the "Female Musician"

In these “Meg Talks” Rachel Fredericksen highlights us to the forgotten Romantic voice of Emilie Mayer by way of her transcription of the composer’s Violin Sonata in a minor for bassoon; Yoon Joo Hwang examines issues of gender, tradition, and power as they relate to East Asian Women Classical musicians; and Rocio Yllescas Jacobo introduces us to new contemporary music for bassoon written by Mexican composers while showing emblematic places of Mexico.
2:00pm EST/11:00pm PST (90 minutes)
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