Current Students

Seniors

Name: Paul Taylor

Hometown/State: Missoula, Montana

Major(s): Music Composition

Instrument Make / Name: Fox 220 / Red

Career goals: Write music professionally and teach at any level

Alternative Career Goals: I'd be a mountain man, like the kid in the book "My Side of the Mountain"

Other things we should know about you: If you can make yourself laugh, you will never be unhappy, just a little weird.
 

Sophomores

Name: Tyler Chen

Hometown: Kennewick, Washington

Major(s):  Music Education: Instrumental/Vocal, Music Composition (bassoon and oboe)

Instrument Make:  UI Fox 222

Career goals: Start as a high school teacher, eventually progressing to be a university professor on oboe and/or bassoon; compose professionally; and run a reedmaking business on the side.

Alternative Career Goals: Discover the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything; as we already know, the answer is 42.

Freshmen

Name: Cole Senefsky

Hometown/State: Orofino, Idaho

Major(s): Music Education Instrumental


Career goals: To teach at the high school level, then eventually finish at an University level.

Alternative Career Goals:  To invest in a reed that can last forever and become a millionaire.

Other things we should know about you:  I have always wanted to have the leading role singing opera in New York.
 

Recent Students

Name: Alexander Reid

Hometown/State: Riggins, Idaho

Career: Joined the Air Force Band of the West, San Antonio, TX, January, 2009, as bassoonist of the Southwest Winds Woodwind Quintet and the Concert Band, as well as composer and arranger of music for the band.

Other things we should know about you: work toward D. M. A. in bassoon performance, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.  Holds a M. M. in composition, University of Colorado, Boulder and B. M. in composition, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.  Studied with Wilfred Roberts, Paul Rafanelli, Steve Vacchi, Frank Ticheli, Richard Toensing, Sydney Hodkinson.  Received ASCAP scholarship and composition award at SMU.  Compositions performed by U. S. Navy Band, Washington D. C., Navy Band Great Lakes Brass Quintet and Woodwind Quintet, SMU Wind Ensemble, McCall Bassoon Ensemble, and Mid-Columbia Symphony.  Attended Aspen Music Festival several times. Was bassoonist at Navy Band Great Lakes and has performed with many other groups, such as, Oregon Mozart Players, Spokane Summer Mozart Concert, and the UI faculty.   

Name: Kelsey Plummer  

Hometown/State: Hayden, Idaho

Major(s): Material Science Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering,  Instrumental Performance, 2009

Instrument Make / Name:  Fox 222 D+ / George

Career:  Day job - engineer (i.e. make the first perfect plastic reed, no more reed making!)  Night time - teach lessons and play in a symphony

Alternative Career Goals:  first to discover living Bigfoot
 

Name: Laura Kennedy

Hometown: Spokane, Washington

Instrument Make / Name:  Renard 240 / "the Red Baron"

Alternative career goals: Reality TV star and world-renowned air bassoonist

Other things we should know about you: I have the ability to appear and disappear without notice.
 

Name: Paul Hanes

Hometown: Port Angeles, Washington

Major: Applied Music - Oboe and History (Pre-Law major), 2009. 
Current major: Law

Instrument Make / Name:  Fox/Renard

 

Name: Ben Wilson

Hometown: Tualatin, Oregon (near Portland)

Major(s): Mechanical Engineering

Instrument Make: Fox Renard 222

Career goals: Become a mechanical engineering for a car company

Alternative Career Goals: Become the head clown of Barnum and Baily's Circus

Other things we should know about you: I can touch my nose with my tongue.