Welcome to the Sixth Annual UTA All-State Intensive, held on November 12, 2023, for oboes and bassoons! This year, the program will include contrabassoon and english horn. This event is sponsored by the Maverick Bassoon Club.

This workshop focuses primarily on instruction for each TMEA All-State etude, as well as a masterclass on the specific musical and non-musical skills needed for audition preparation. While the day is long (and well, intense) there are frequent breaks scheduled to help your student stay focused. The Intensive will take place in person on Sunday, November 12, 2023, from 9 am to approximately 3:30 pm. The cost is $7. Please continue reading for more information on registration, payment, the mock audition, faculty bios, and other details.

The event costs $7 per student, which will be collected no later than check-in the morning of the event. You can pay in person or online using the button below. Snacks will be provided during the afternoon break. Students are welcome to bring a sack lunch, or they may purchase lunch from the Maverick Bassoon Club. All proceeds from lunch and registration fees go toward funding events like the All-State Intensive and Double Reed Day. We genuinely appreciate your support.

Playing masks are recommended to prevent the spread of COVID19. For more information on why this is important, click here.

Oboe Schedule
8:30 Check-in desk opens
9:00 Welcome & Ferling 28 w/ Prof. Bosma
9:45 Break
10:00 Ferling 16 w/ Dr. Ingrim
10:45 Break
11:00 Audition Techniques w/ Prof. Bosma
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Ferling 19 w/ Prof. Bosma
1:15 Break*
1:30 Mock Audition

*During this break snacks will be provided to registrants.

The event will take place in the Fine Arts Building, 700 Greek Row Drive, Arlington, TX, 76013. Use the South Entrance, located in the brick courtyard on the southeast corner of the intersection of Greek Row and Nedderman Drive. Please continue reading for information on where to park.

The mock audition will be available to all registrants. The audition end time will be determined by the number of auditioners. An estimated time will be provided at check-in and registrants are encouraged to communicate with parents/guardians or their ride before the mock audition begins. Each auditioner will receive personalized feedback from the judges in regard to their performance.

Further information on the mock audition will be provided after registration and payment, If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Professor Melissa Bosma, Professor Jazmyn Barajas-Trujillo, or Ms. Kendal Bolton.

Parking Information

In order to park on campus for this event you must do the following:

• Follow the link https://utarlington.aimsparking.com/permits/?cmd=new_event

• Select "Department-Hosted Event”

• Select "UTA Double Reed All-State Intensive”

• Select permit type "(EVT-COMP) Fac/Staff Surface Lots"

• Select the active date

• Add vehicle info and confirm

To find the parking lots, 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 F9 on your right and lot F6 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.

About our FacultY

Oboist Theresa Delaplain is a dynamic oboist, actively performing as a soloist and chamber musician. She has commissioned, performed and recorded several new works for oboe, and has been a champion of contemporary music. Delaplain is a founding organizer of the SHE Festival of Women in Music, a yearly international festival to promote music written by women. She has performed concerti with the Thai National Orchestra, the Fort Smith Symphony, the North Arkansas Symphony, the Arkansas Philharmonic, and all the University of Arkansas major ensembles.

An advocate of music by female composers, Delaplain has given many concerts presenting newly-commissioned works and historic works written by women, and she was awarded two Southeast Conference grants for this purpose. She has been invited to present a paper on the Romantic era female composers of Paris Conservatoire at the Mediterranean Studies Association conference in Valencia, Spain.  She also just completed a concert tour of "Her Voice: Music by Women Composers," and she was recently awarded a grant to present a multi-media social justice program through the Creative Arkansas Community Hub and Exchange.

Delaplain’s recent solo album, Souvenirs, has earned glowing reviews, and she is also featured on a recent album of chamber music by Robert Mueller, Dream Gardens. Her album with the Lyrique Quintette has also been favorably received and reviewed. Delaplain has toured widely as a soloist and chamber musician. She is a Lorée Artist and is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas.

Oboist Nathan Ingrim is a professional musician and educator from Central Texas. He currently holds the Principal Oboe position with The Dallas Wind Symphony. He began his musical studies at an early age, studying both oboe and piano. As a performer, he has won numerous awards and made his Carnegie Hall solo recital debut in the spring of 2019. He is currently based in Dallas, Texas and is an active freelance musician. In addition, Dr. Ingrim has performed in the oboe sections of such ensembles as The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, The Fort Worth Symphony, and The Civic Orchestra of Chicago.

Dr. Ingrim maintains a thriving oboe studio in North Texas. Many of his students have gone on to pursue music performance degrees with notable universities and conservatories.

Dr. Ingrim holds performance degrees from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Southern Methodist University, and Baylor University. His teachers include Erin Hannigan, Dr. Mark Ostoich, Dwight Parry, Dr. Eric Ohlsson, and Dr. Doris DeLoach. He is an alumnus of the National Orchestral Institute Festival, Eastern Music Festival, The Hot Spring Music Festival, among others.

Oboist Melissa Bosma is the newly appointed Adjunct Oboe Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. 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. 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 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.

Bassoonist Spencer Wilson teaches Applied Bassoon for Mountain View College, as well as bassoon lessons and sectionals for the Garland, Plano, and Duncanville Independent School Districts.  His studio has garnered accolades through his students' numerous accomplishments in regional and state competitions.  In addition, Spencer is in demand as a clinician and professional reed maker.

Along with his career as a pedagogue, Spencer works as a sought-after freelance musician, having played with the Dallas Winds and the Rapides Symphony, among others.  Mr. Wilson has served for two seasons as bassoonist for the Ohio Light Opera, performing a wide variety of musicals and operettas, including the American premier of George Gershwin's Primrose.  He has also served as an Advanced Performer Fellow for the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival.

Mr. Wilson earned his Master of Music in Bassoon Performance as an Artistic Excellence Fellow at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.  He holds a Bachelor of Music in Woodwind Performance from James Madison University with honors.  His principal teachers were William Ludwig and Dr. Susan Barber.

Contrabassoonist and Bassoonist, Kevin Grainger, is excited to be in the Dallas area and become part of the rich classical music scene the area has to offer. A native of Asheville, NC, Kevin holds degrees from Indiana University (BM 2013), and Boston University (MM 2015, PD 2017). During his studies, Kevin studied with notable bassoonists such as Kathleen McLean, Gregg Henegar, and Nancy Goeres. As a Contrabassoon Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival (2016-2018), he had the opportunity to study and perform with members of the Toronto Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Bergen Philharmonic. As a freelancer, Kevin has performed with groups such as the Cape Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, Rochester Philharmonic, The Florida Orchestra, and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. In addition to teaching in the DFW area, Kevin holds positions with the McKinney Philharmonic, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a guest Contrabassoonist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Winds.

Bassoonist Jazmyn Barajas-Trujillo, originally born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Trujillo is a scholar of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, an organization aimed to increase the attainment of advanced degrees for underrepresented members of society. She is published in the McNair Scholars Research Journal with titles such as Bassoon: Clown of the Orchestra or Versatile Unsung Voice? and Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto: What Can the Musician Do to Enhance Music Instead of Just Playing the Notes? While studying at UT-Arlington, she was the recipient of the Lichtenwalter Concerto Competition and Scholarship.

Trujillo recently obtained her Master of Music degree with an emphasis in Bassoon Performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Her primary teachers include Dr. Laura Bennett-Cameron and Richard Svoboda. She currently resides in Dallas, where she stays busy freelancing and running a full bassoon studio

Bassoonist Dr. Laura Bennett Cameron’s artistic and research activities in Europe and in the United States have established an international reputation for expressive playing, innovative collaborations, and expansion of the bassoon’s repertoire through her work with French composer Roger Boutry (1932-2019).  Dr. Bennett Cameron is a sought-after performer, regularly performing solo recitals, chamber concerts, and concertos in the United States and Europe. Most recently, she performed a series of concertos in Italy, to packed houses and critical acclaim.

She  serves as the principal bassoonist of the five-time Grammy-nominated Dallas Winds, and performs frequently with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles.  She holds the title of Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Chamber Music at the University of Texas-Arlington, and is the founder of La Société for la Promotion de la Musique de Roger Boutry. Her debut recording, "French Masterworks for Bassoon and Piano," (Indesens Classique, 2016)  recorded with composer Roger Boutry at the piano, has been praised as "virtuosic, lyrical, and engagingly musical" by critics across the globe. Her second CD with Roger Boutry, “Encounters,” is expected in 2021.

Dr. Bennett Cameron’s research has led her to publish the first significant articles in English regarding Roger Boutry’s music, providing biographical, repertorial, and analytical resources on the composer.  Additionally, she has edited numerous works of Boutry’s and other composers’ music.  Bennett Cameron earned a Doctor of Music from Indiana University (principal teacher William Ludwig), a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory (Richard Svoboda), and a Bachelor of Music from West Texas A&M University (Tina Carpenter), all degrees earned with highest honors.  

Event Coordinator and Bassoonist Kendal Bolton is a freelance music and arts administration consultant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and holds a Bachelor of Music in Business from the University of Texas-Arlington. She served as the Executive Director (2021-2022) and principal bassoonist of the Mansfield Philharmonic Orchestra (2020-2022). Ms. Bolton specializes in digital organization, a skill that she honed during her internship with the Round Top Festival Institute, where she was instrumental in transitioning their organization and alumni systems to a fully digital process. She has also served as the Event Coordinator for the UT-Arlington Double Reed Day since 2017, and was the founding and long-running president of the Maverick Bassoon Club, an organization devoted to sponsoring high quality and low-cost educational activities for junior high, high school, and UT-Arlington bassoonists through the UT-Arlington Double Reed Day, All-State Intensive, and guest artist recitals and masterclasses.

In addition to her freelance administrative work, Ms. Bolton volunteered as a consultant for the Maverick Bassoon Club, where she enjoyed sharing her knowledge of fundraising techniques, administrative processes, and leadership experience. She enjoys devoting her time to arts administration projects and mentorship of all kinds, and is passionate about creating musical experiences that are positive, inclusive, and illuminating for all.

During her time at the University of Texas at Arlington, Ms. Bolton was often recognized for her academic, musical, and administrative skills. She received the College of Liberal Arts AcCOLAde Dean’s Award, was an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project Fellow, made the Dean’s List, and served as Chamber Music Student Liaison. In addition to her academic accomplishments, she was selected to appear on multiple Honors Recitals, performed two solo recitals, performed at the College Band Directors National Association Conference, performed at the International Double Reed Society in 2019, and performed with the top performing ensembles at UTA. Her bassoon studies were with Dr. Laura Bennett Cameron, and she has performed in masterclasses for Wilfred Roberts, Kevin Hall, Dr. Fernando Zúñiga, Victor Dutot, the late Dr. Eric Varner, and others.

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