Primary Contributor: Terry
B. Ewell
Other Contributors: Doris DeLoach, Reid Messich, MaryAnn Poling, Cynthia Watson
Our Mission Statement
Terry B. Ewellformer Chairperson,
Professor, Department
of Music,
Former President, International Double Reed Society
(B.
M. University of Washington; Bassoon Performance, magna cum lauda; M.
A. University of Washington, Music Theory; Ph.D. University of
Washington,
Music Theory)
How Dr. Ewell's life changed (web page)
How Dr. Ewell made a choice (video)
DORIS DeLOACH received the B.M. degree from Florida State University, the M.M.E.
degree from George Peabody College, and the D.M. degree in oboe performance from
Florida State University. Before joining the Baylor University faculty in 1972,
she played oboe and English horn with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra for three
seasons. She has taught instrumental music in the public schools of Montgomery
County, Maryland, and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, the Chattanooga
Symphony, the Chattanooga Opera Orchestra, the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra,
the Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra, the American Institute of Musical Studies
Orchestra in Graz, Austria, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and is
principal oboist of the Waco Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the
Baylor Woodwind Quintet. Her major teachers were Nancy Fowler and Ray Still and
she has done additional study with John de Lancie. In 1971, she received the
Ernst von Dohnanyi Citation for Excellence in Performance from Florida State
University and in 1991 she was named the Outstanding Creative Artist at Baylor
University. In 2001, she received the Florida State University School of Music
Faculty Citation for distinguished achievement in teaching and performance. She
is on the faculty of the summer MasterWorks Festival at Winona Lake, Indiana. An
active clinician and soloist, she has performed at International Double Reed
Society Conventions in Columbus, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Bloomington, Madison,
Evanston, Frankfurt, Morgantown and Austin.
Dr. DeLoach's decision to follow Christ
B. Mus. Curtis Institute of Music, MM Florida State University. DMA currently in progress at Florida State University. Studied with Richard Woodhams, Elaine Douvas, John Mack, Joseph Robinson, and Eric Ohlsson. From 2001-2004 Mr. Messich held the Aspen Academy Conducting Orchestra Fellowship where he served as principal oboist under Maestro David Zinman. Mr. Messich is currently a member and rotating principal oboist of the Iris Chamber Symphony under the direction of Maestro Michael Stern in Memphis, Tenn. In high demand, Mr. Messich freelances throughout the state of Florida and plays with Miami City Ballet, Boca Raton Symphonia, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs. Poling studied under the late Sara Watkins, receiving her M.M. in Oboe Performance from the Peabody Institute in 1993 (Phi Kappa Lambda). She did her undergraduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, receiving B.S. degrees (summa cum laude) in both Music Education (1990) and Music Perfornance (1991). While in western Pennsylvania, she performed with the Johnstown and Altoona Symphony Orchestras, and was both a finalist (1990) and winner (1991) of the Frank Gorell competition. She continues to serve her alma mater as a member of the oft-recorded Keystone Winds, for which she is frequently called upon by the prolific contemporary composer and conductor Jack Stamp to perform as a soloist in debuting new works.
MaryAnn Poling first came into contact with the Greater Baltimore Youth Concert Orchestra, “GBYCO,” through her orchestra students, many of whom are currently members of the GBCYO and GBYO. A eight-year veteran of the Harford County Public Schools, Mrs. Poling led the orchestra program in her elementary and middle schools to four-fold growth during her tenure. She maintains an extensive private oboe studio, with students ranging in age from eleven to fifty-seven, and has served on the faculties of the Peabody Preparatory, Goucher College, Georgetown University and Essex Community College.
An active freelance musician in the Baltimore-Washington area, Mrs. Poling has played with such area ensembles as the Goucher Chamber Orchestra, Annapolis Symphony, the Annapolis Opera, the Hood College Orchestra, and the Maryland Lyric Opera among others. She has performed in 14 countries, most notably for Juan Carlo Menotti’s Spoleto Festival, both in South Carolina and in Spoleto, Italy.
Mrs. Poling lives in Reisterstown with her husband, Jason, and their daughters, Kara and Alicia.
Cynthia Watson
Cynthia Watson is Principal Oboe of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, rotating Principal Oboe with the IRIS Orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee and a member of the Solaris. She joined the faculty of the University of Akron in 2003. Ms. Watson has also served as principal oboe of the Albany Symphony, the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, and as a member the Canton Symphony. From 1991-1994 she was a regular member of the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego. She has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Opera, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Virginia Opera Orchestra. Ms. Watson received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Richard Killmer. She continued her studies with Ronald Roseman at Yale, where she earned a Master's degree. Her playing has been described as "creating a lasting impression with exquisite singing tone" (Times Union, Albany, N.Y.), "an evening of superlative work" and "[a performance] with soulful brilliance" (Schenectady Gazette). She has recorded on Telarc with the Akron Symphony, on Albany Records with the Albany Symphony Orchestra and CBS Masterworks with Wynton Marsalis and the Eastman Wind Ensemble.