Melissa Bosma
Oboe and English horn
Educator
Welcome to the UTA Double Reed Day, held on March 7th from 8:00 am-4:00pm! We are so excited to see you and hear you again. This year we are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Corning Lucio, Principal Oboist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and George Sakakeeny, Acting Principal Bassoonist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra! As always, this is a free event for all participants. The solo contest is continuing this year! Stay tuned for exciting announcements regarding our faculty, schedule, and masterclass openings!
UTA faculty Professors Melissa Bosma and Leslie Massenburg will be joined by a whole roster of brilliant guest artists and technicians - we’re so excited to share this lineup with you! Until then, take a look at the schedule.
Double Reed Day Schedule
7:30 Solo Contest Check-in Begins
8:00 Solo Contest (time slots will be assigned based on the number of registrants)
8:30 General Check-in opens
9:00-9:30 Group Warm-Up with Prof. Bosma and Prof. Massenburg
9:30-11:00 Guest Artist Masterclasses with Jennifer Corning Lucio and George Sakakeeny
11:10-12:00 Sectional
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:30 Masterclasses with Prof. Melissa Bosma and Prof. Leslie Massenburg
1:30 Relocate to Irons Recital Hall for Closing Recital Rehearsal
1:40 Group Warmup / Double Reed Choir Rehearsal
2:30 Closing Recital
We encourage any family and friends to join us for the closing recital!
Schedule is subject to change
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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact, Prof. Melissa Bosma at melissa.bosma@uta.edu, or Prof. Leslie Massenburg at leslie.massenburg@uta.edu.
ABOUT THE SOLO CONTEST
The solo contest is completely optional and is also free to enter. Students will receive written feedback from top artists on their instrument and will be considered for performance on the guest artist masterclass. This contest is a great opportunity for all players to refine their audition and performance skills, for Texas high schoolers to prepare for the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest, and to have a chance to play in a beautiful recital hall. The solo contest is open to students in grades 9-12.
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*The Solo Contest Deadline is Wednesday, March 4th at midnight. Registration and materials must be submitted by midnight to be considered for prizes.*​​
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The High School Division
The High School Division is open to oboists and bassoonists who have not yet graduated high school (9th through 12th grades). There will be separate competitions for oboe and bassoon. Each first-place winner will receive the option to perform on the Guest Artist Masterclass at Double Reed Day, a free one-hour lesson with Prof. Bosma or Prof. Massenburg ($75 value)! The oboe and bassoon second and third place finishers will each receive a free half-hour lesson with Prof. Bosma or Prof. Massenburg and the option to perform on the Guest Artist Masterclass at Double Reed Day! Every contestant will receive personalized, written feedback from an esteemed panel of double reed artist-teachers.​
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*Should you be selected as a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place winner of your division, you are responsible for contacting Prof. Bosma or Prof. Massenburg to schedule your free lesson.*
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Registration: Please register for Double Reed Day and the solo contest via the links above.
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About the Solo Contest: The solo contest will be held in the morning prior to the rest of the day’s events. You will be assigned a time slot for your audition. It is recommended that you arrive 15 minutes before this time to check in, find your audition room, and warm up. Please remember that sending your solo part in advance is required. Please email the solo part to Prof. Bosma, melissa.bosma@uta.edu upon registration.​​
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Requirements and recommendations:
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High School criteria listed above.
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The solo may have a maximum run time of seven minutes; cuts are strongly encouraged.
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No pianist is required for the competition. Students are welcome to bring their own pianists, either for the competition or for the performance, if they are selected as winners.
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Previous first-place winners of a division are welcome to compete for feedback and comments, but they will not be eligible for prizes and awards.
PARKING INFORMATION
If you plan to park your vehicle on campus you must follow these instructions:
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Here are the steps for guests to register for parking:
Here are the steps for guests to register for parking:
1. Follow the link http://www.uta.edu/mavpark
2. Select "Purchase Event Permit"
3. Select "Department-Hosted Event”
4. Select "UTA Double Reed Day”
5. Enter voucher code: MAVUP
6. Select permit type "(EVT-COMP) Fac/Staff Surface Lots”
7. Select the active date
8. Add vehicle info and confirm
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Set your navigation for the intersection of Nedderman Drive and Cooper Street in Arlington, TX. From Cooper Street, turn west onto Nedderman Drive. If you are coming from the north/I-30, you will turn right onto Nedderman. If you are coming from the south/I-20, you will turn left. Follow the road around the corner to find parking lot F6 and F8 on your left. Once parked, walk north on Nedderman Drive until you reach a four-way stop at Greek Row Drive. Turn right/east onto Greek Row Drive and walk past the circle drive. Enter the fine arts building through the sliding doors on your right, just before reaching the concrete stairs.
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*If there is a train blocking Cooper street, you can go under the bridge via West Street or over the tracks via Fielder Street*
ABOUT OUR FACULTY
As principal oboist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Corning Lucio has performed as a concerto soloist, including the Mozart Oboe Concerto with her own cadenzas. She has also served as guest principal oboist of the Baltimore, Milwaukee, Seattle, and Jacksonville symphonies, and has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Utah Symphony and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, among others.  During the summer, she has performed several seasons as the principal oboist of the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado.  Her national television credits include principal oboist of the PBS Live from Lincoln Center  program.
An active chamber musician of both contemporary and standard repertoire, Ms. Corning Lucio has been featured with the Mimir Festival, Voices of Change, Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, Hall Ensemble, Cliburn, and Spectrum concert series. A first prizewinner of the Schubert Club Young Artist Competition of Minneapolis, she was also a winner of the Young Artist Competition of the Minnesota Orchestra.  She believes in the healing power of music, having performed over sixty local recitals in senior communities through Texas Winds Musical Outreach.
As a student of Elaine Douvas, Ms. Corning Lucio received her master's degree from the Juilliard School.  Her bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music with John Mack.  While in Cleveland, she received academic honors from Case Western Reserve University and the Karl Lemmerman Prize in Writing.  Born in St. Louis and raised in places as diverse as Panama, and Wisconsin, she is now a proud Texan with her husband, Steven.
Oboist Melissa Bosma is the Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Texas at Arlington. She also currently serves as the Secretary of the International Double Reed Society. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Bosma served as Lecturer of Oboe at Oklahoma State University, where she also served as Director of the OSU Summer Music Camp. She also served as Adjunct Instructor of Oboe at Heidelberg University, where she performed with the faculty woodwind quintet, regularly performed at the New Music Festival, and commissioned new solo works for oboe and piano.
Ms. Bosma has taught extensively in Texas, Michigan, and Oklahoma through her studio and master classes at many local middle and high schools. She currently maintains a private studio in Carroll ISD, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD, and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD. Passionate about sharing oboe pedagogy with other educators, Ms. Bosma has given presentations at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention and the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference. Ms. Bosma is an active orchestral musician who has performed with groups such as the Fort Worth Opera, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Michigan Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Also an accomplished chamber musician, Ms. Bosma attended the Sarasota Music Festival and was a Fellow at Music Academy of the West where she was a featured soloist under the baton of Grammy-nominated conductor Nicholas McGegan.
Melissa Bosma graduated with Master of Music degrees in both Oboe Performance and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance from Southern Methodist University. Her primary teachers include Erin Hannigan and Nancy Ambrose King.
Internationally recognized artist and teacher George Sakakeeny has served as professor of bassoon at the Eastman School of Music for the past decade, following 27 years in the same role at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has also been artist faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School and served as guest bassoon faculty with Venezuela's El Sistema for seven years. Sakakeeny also served on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Academy and Arts Camp for 13 years. He has taught master classes at leading institutions worldwide, including the Paris Conservatory, Rice University, Tokyo University of the Arts, and The Juilliard School, and has held longer-term residencies at the Shanghai Conservatory, the Central Conservatory of Music, The Tianjin Juilliard School, Seoul National University, and Lyon Conservatoire National Supèrieur de Musique et Danse. He also holds the Guest Professor title at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Sakakeeny has held the principal bassoon positions with numerous orchestras worldwide, including the New Japan Philharmonic, the Opera Company of Boston, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, and CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. He also served as principal bassoonist of the Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival, the New Hampshire Music Festival, and the Peninsula Festival. More recently, he has been serving as visiting guest principal bassoon of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and acting principal of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
As a soloist, Sakakeeny has performed with various orchestras on more than 50 occasions. Three major works for bassoon and orchestra were composed for him: Libby Larsen's full moon in the city (2013), Peter Schickele’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (1998), and Alexander Blechinger’s Fagottkonzert (1997).
Sakakeeny's numerous solo recordings include Blechinger’s Fagottkonzert, the Villa-Lobos Duo with oboist Alex Klein, and four modern works for bassoon and orchestra, entitled full moon in the city. These recordings and others are distributed by Spotify, Apple Music, and Naxos. He is the author of the iBook, Making Reeds Start to Finish with George Sakakeeny.
Bassoonist Leslie Massenburg is one of the most sought-after bassoonists and contrabassoonists in the DFW area. She has frequently played and toured with the Dallas and Ft. Worth Symphonies and most recently played much of the season with the Dallas Opera Orchestra. She is principal bassoon of the Dallas Chamber Symphony, Plano Symphony, and Irving Symphonies. She is second bassoon with the Richardson Symphony, and contrabassoonist with the Dallas Winds and East Texas Symphony. She can be heard on several recording projects, including several of the Dallas Winds’ Grammy-nominated albums, live Dallas Symphony and Ft. Worth Symphony recordings, The Banner Saga soundtrack, and a recording of Appalachian Spring by the Dallas Chamber Symphony.
In addition to a full orchestral schedule, she performs outreach concerts with the Texas Winds, is frequently requested for presentations to school children ahead of their field trips to see the symphony, and enjoys accompanying her students on the piano for their solo contests and recitals. She carries a large private studio of bassoon students in the metroplex and beyond, and has enjoyed watching the successes of current and former students, including many full scholarship awards to prestigious music schools around the country.
Leslie graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Bassoon Performance and minor in Piano Pedagogy, where she studied with Jeff McCray and Dr. Matthew Morris. She continued her bassoon studies at Southern Methodist University and earned a Master’s degree in Music Performance, while teaching music appreciation classes for SMU undergraduates. Here, she was a student of Wilfred Roberts, retired principal of 50 years with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Lesliespent many years at the Aspen Music Festival and School where she studied with Per Hannevold, (Bergen Philharmonic, Norway).
Pianist Astrid Morales, born in Mexico City, is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at Arizona State University with Robert Hamilton. Astrid holds master’s degrees in Piano Performance, Piano Pedagogy and a Performer’s Diploma in Piano from Southern Methodist University, where she studied with Joaquín Achúcarro. In 2012, she graduated from the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City where she studied with Héctor Rojas.
Winner of the 2022 Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano - Professional Division, Astrid has been awarded several prizes and scholarships including the Actos de Confianza Grant from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures 2021, the 2014 General Concerto Competition at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, TX, the 2011 Youth Mexican Prize, Grand Prix to Exceptional Talents and Best Interpretation of Mexican Music at the Second National Piano Competition “Petrof – Symphony – Pearl River”, among many others. In 2021, she was recognized as a Kawai Medallion Educator.
Astrid has had an intensive soloist career and has performed with orchestras and conductors such as: Mexico State Symphony Orchestra (Enrique Bátiz, Virgilio Valle and Gabriela Díaz Alatriste), Querétaro Philharmonic (José Guadalupe Flores), Meadows Symphony Orchestra (Paul Phillips), Nuevo León University Symphony (Eduardo Diazmuñoz), Mexico City Philharmonic (José Areán), National Polytechnic Institute Symphony Orchestra (Alfredo Ibarra and Enrique Barrios), Aguascalientes Symphony (Stephano Mazzoleni), Las Colinas Symphony (Robert Carter Austin), Women’s Orchestra of Arizona (Livia Gho), among many others. In addition, she has performed recitals in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, United States, Canada, Holland, Germany and Italy.
As an advocate of Latin American music and an active performer of Mexican music, she recorded her first CD “Rimero Musical” with music of the Mexican composer Ladislao Juárez and collaborated in “El Oficio Mío” with Armando Rosas. As an active collaborative pianist, Morales was appointed as a faculty member at the North Texas Low Brass Camp and was the pianist for Portland Opera To Go 2022 program and tour. Morales has collaborated with world-renowned musicians including Andrés Díaz, Santiago Cañón, Matt Albert, among many others. In 2018 and 2019, she also served as Fellow Pianist at the NorCal Music Festival. In addition, she serves as the principal pianist of Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra.
Astrid Morales serves on the piano faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has also served as Faculty Associate at Arizona State University. Astrid serves as Executive Director of Education at the Piano Industry professionals and Producers Conference and as an active committee member of the following: Binational Cultural Forum of Mexican Artists, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano. In addition, she serves as the 4th Vice President of the Arizona State Music Teachers Association.
