Southeastern Community Music School to host Double Reed Workshop
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
REED WORKSHOP - Dr. Jerry Voorhees (standing) assists bassoon students during a workshop at Southeastern
Louisiana University as they learn the fine art of making bassoon reeds.
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School will hold its
33rd annual Double Reed Workshop Feb. 3 and 4.
Scheduled at Pottle Music Building Auditorium on Southeastern’s campus, the workshop
will provide instruction on the oboe and bassoon and will address playing position
and technique, special fingerings, care and simple repairs; making double reeds for
bassoon and oboe; and coaching on selected music, including contest and audition pieces.
The two-day workshop is $30 and is open to junior high and high school students,
as well as adults. The event begins on Friday, Feb. 3, at 4 p.m. and ends on Saturday,
Feb. 4, at 4 p.m. Southeastern’s Bassoon Professor Emeritus Jerry Voorhees and expert
oboist Christine Webert will instruct the workshop.
“This is the 33rd year in a row we have held this workshop. The oboe and bassoon
are very important instruments in bands and orchestras, but not many students are
studying them,” Voorhees said. “I hope the workshop encourages students to study and
play these unusual instruments by providing specialized information which is important
to playing them successfully - information not usually covered in school music classes.”
For full details and registration, contact the Community Music School at 985-549-5502,
cms@southeastern.edu, or contact Voorhees at 985-345-4537 or jerryvoorhees@charter.net.
