Double Reed Day at Butler University

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Registration opening soon!

We are excited to host our annual Double Reed Day event on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Details for the 2022 event are still being finalized, but please see below for info from our most recent Double Reed Day as an example of what this year’s event will be like.

View and share Double Reed Day flyer!-- coming soon!

DOUBLE REED DAY 2020 (2022 info coming soon...)

Featured guests

Cally Banham
Oboe, English Horn, St. Louis Symphony
Cally Banham has been a proud member of the Saint Louis Symphony since 2006, when she was appointed to the Solo English horn position by then Music Director David Robertson. Before joining the Saint Louis Symphony, she held many posts, including Solo English horn with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Principal Oboe with the Memphis Symphony, Fellow with the New World Symphony, and Solo English horn with Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, in Toluca, Mexico. Cally has performed as a guest in the principal English horn chairs of the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Cleveland Orchestra. Read more here.

Rock E Bassoon
Rock E Bassoon is an electric rock band comprised of six bassoonists and a drummer. Rock E Bassoon performs classic rock and pop, such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Metallica, Michael Jackson and The Who. Rock E Bassoon’s musicians include three members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, a professor of bassoon at the Butler University School of Music and professional free-lance bassoonists. Rock E Bassoon is unique in that it is perhaps the only rock bassoon band in the United States that is electric and uses effects pedals to alter the ordinary sounds of the bassoon. Rock E Bassoon is committed to the profound role that the creative arts plays in the health and vitality of a community and in healing persons who are ill. To that end, the Sydney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital lobby has become home to Rock E Bassoon’s rehearsals, allowing for interactive experiences among the band and patients, their families, hospital staff and physicians. Since 2016, Rock E Bassoon has worked to make live music accessible to the entire Indianapolis community. Read more here.

Hosts

Pam Ajango
Instructor of Oboe, Butler University; Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

Doug Spaniol
Professor of Bassoon, Butler University; Yamaha Performing Artist

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Schedule (subject to change)

All activities will take place in Schrott Center for the Arts unless otherwise noted.

Questions? Contact Professor Pam Ajango (oboe) at 317-940-9065 or Professor Doug Spaniol (bassoon) at 317-940-8368.