College of Music
Michael Garza
Bassoon
Graduating with his master degree from Yale University in 2000 under the tutelage of Frank Morelli, American bassoonist Michael R. Garza worked as the principal bassoonist of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2021. Born in Los Angeles but raised in Texas, while in the USA as a student and young professional, he worked in the Austin Symphony, as a freelancer in the New York City area, was a Tanglewood Music Center fellow and participated in both the Sarasota and Norfolk Chamber Music festivals.
Having promoted contemporary chamber music in the region of south China, he commissioned solo and chamber works by Southeast Asian composers of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. As a south China-based music educator, he maintained an active studio of private bassoon students in Guangzhou, coached wind sectionals with younger symphonic ensembles such as the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra, and presented master classes in the region, notably in Hong Kong, Singapore and in the USA. Michael is married with his partner in Rome, Italy and continues to teach and perform within Europe, collaborate with musical colleagues in Europe on recording projects, and travel to the USA to work with the Pan Pacific Ensemble.
Chamber Music Gala 2
Chamber Music Gala 2
Christoph Hartmann
Alexandra Nguyen
Johanna Cox Pennington
Amy Pollard
Darrel Hale
Ciara Glasheen-Artem
Brenda Ishikawa
Mark Ortwein
Jeanine Krause – Sprightly Companions
Antonello Cola – Sprightly Companions
Jennifer Harris – Sprightly Companions
Kathryn Cok
Shannon Lowe
Jung Choi
Ann Marie Daehn
Bill Douglas
Grace Stringfellow
Anthony Federico
Keri McCarthy
Michael Garza
IDRS 2022 Conferece
IDRS 2022 STRING QUARTET-IN-RESIDENCE, CARPE DIEM
Tickets
Open to the public – Purchase Tickets (Ticket included with conference registration.) Johanna Cox Pennington, oboe; Carpe Diem String Quartet A Single Voice for Oboe and String Quartet – Ezra Laderman (1924-2015) Darrel Hale, bassoon Enigma for Solo Bassoon – William Winstead (1942-2020) Ciara Glasheen-Artem, oboe; Brenda Ishikawa, piano An Chúillfhionn (The Fair Lady) […]
Recital Chamber – Pan Pacific Ensemble
Shadow (2003), Narong Prangcharoen (b. 1973) Lento misterioso Miao Mountain Feelings (2016), Yi Qiao (b. 1984) Quarter note = 60 Pub: Self-Published by the Composer Publisher Ironhorses (2017), Nick Omiccioli (b. 1982) Rock ‘N’ Roll Pub: Self-Published by the Composer Pan Pacific Ensemble Sophia Tegart, Flute Keri McCarthy, Oboe Gabrielle Baffoni, Clarinet Martin King, French […]