Graduate Students

Name:
Alexander Reid
Hometown/State:
Riggins, Idaho
Major(s):
currently pursuing M. M. in bassoon performance and B. A. in German
Career goals:
was invited to join 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 to compose and arrange music for the band.
Alternative Career Goals:
audition for United States Navy Band,
Washington D. C., October, 2008.
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 is scheduled to perform with
the UI faculty this fall.

Seniors
Name: Kelsey
Plummer
Hometown/State:
Hayden, Idaho
Major(s): Material Science Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering,
Instrumental Performance
Instrument Make / Name: Fox 222 D+ / George
Career
goals: 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
Major:
Instrumental Music Education
Instrument Make / Name: Renard 240 / "the Red Baron"
Career
goals: Music teacher/ band director
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 Taylor
Hometown/State: Missoula, Montana
Major(s):
Music Composition and Music Education (Instrumental/Vocal)
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.

Name: Paul
Hanes
Hometown: Port Angeles, Washington
Major:
Applied Music - Oboe and History (Pre-Law major)
Instrument Make / Name: Fox/Renard
More to come!

Sophomores

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.

Freshmen
Name:
Tyler Chen (more to come)
Hometown: Kennewick,
Washington
Major(s): Music
Education: Instrumental/Vocal, Music Composition
Instrument Make:
Play UI Fox
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.
Other things we should know
about you: I
can do the splits. On command, even

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