The bassoon program at Lawrence is designed to give students comprehensive training in performing on and teaching the bassoon. Each studio member has three contacts weekly with the professor: a lesson; studio class; and reed class. Many students opt for the double degree program, one major from the conservatory and one from the college. In addition to bassoon performance and music education, recent graduates have gone on to careers in medicine, physics, law, computer science and international relations. Non-majors and music minors are also welcome to study.
Faculty
- Monte Perkins, bassoon
Lecturer in Music
Monte Perkins has taught the bassoon studio at Lawrence University since 1987. A former member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, he is principal bassoon of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and was named a Puchner Artist, representing the noted German bassoon maker J. Puchner in recitals and clinics throughout North America. In 1990 he was appointed and remains Conductor / Music Director of the Festival City Symphony, a professional regional level orchestra based in Milwaukee. Under his leadership the orchestra received an Award of Merit from the National Federation of Music Clubs for promoting and performing American music.
Contact by e-mail: monte.perkins@lawrence.edu
