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Selected Upcoming Events
17 October 2008: Lu Jia conducts an all-Mozart concert including Symphony No. 40.
31 October - 2 November 2008: Puccini's Il Trittico at the 22nd International Music Festival, under the baton of Finnish conductor Jari Hämäläinen.
15 November 2008: Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 No. 2, featured in the Macau Chamber Music Series.
22 November 2008: Mozart Overture to "La Clemenza di tito," Brahms Violin Concerto, and Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 "Italian," Christoph Poppen conducting.
10 January 2009: Danzi Quartet for Bassoon and Strings, Op. 40 No. 1, featured in the Macau Chamber Music Series.
28 February 2009: Gubaidulina Duo Sonata for two bassoons, featured in the Macau Chamber Music Series.
Some Recent Events
13 July 2008: Lecture "The Importance of the Composer's Intentions According to Dipert's Hierarchy: The Six Stolen Bassoon Sonatas of Francois Devienne," at the Conference of the International Society for the Promotion and Research of Wind Music in Echternach, Luxembourg.
16 -18 May 2008: Pinchas Zukerman performs and conducts a program including the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
8 - 11 May 2008: Massenet's opera Werther at the Le French Festival, under the baton of exciting young conductor Jakub Hrusa, with Denyse Graves and Warren Mok. The China Daily News said the bassoon section was "world-class."
12 April 2008: Stravinsky Octet
8 April 2008: Bassoon masterclass at the Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong, with Dr. Yoshiyuki Ishikawa.
8 March 2008: Beethoven Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon, WoO 27 no. 2.
14 September 2007: Yundi Li plays Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, conducted by Maestro En Shao; also on the program: Dvorak Symphony No. 9 "From The New World."
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About Me - Education:
D.M.A., Bassoon Performance and Music Education, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
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M.M., Bassoon Performance & Woodwind Pedagogy, University of Colorado at Boulder
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B.M., Bassoon Performance, University of Colorado at Boulder
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B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Short Bio
Dr. Schwalje is the full-time second bassoonist and contrabassonist of the Macau Orchestra.
He teaches at the Macau Conservatory, and is also on the faculty of Regis University.
Adam has previously served on the faculties of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Preparatory Department.
He performs regularly throughout Asia, and is also an active chamber musician and soloist.
He has performed with the Colorado Ballet, the Colorado Music Festival, Richmond Symphony (IN),
Boulder Philharmonic, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and others.
Adam is intensely interested in research into various aspects of music education in general,
including bassoon pedagogy and reeds in particular. His latest completed project, the orchestral excerpts website
bassoonexcerpts.info, made its debut on 22 September 2008.
His lecture on Devienne and the aesthetic philosophy of Randall Dipert was
well-received at the 2008 Conference of the International Society for the Promotion and Research of Wind Music in
Luxembourg. His ear-training software "Building Ears" was selected for a poster session at the Association
for Technology in Music Instruction conference in November, 2007. He has also been published in the IDRS Journal.
Adam has studied with William Winstead,
Dr. Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Kim Walker, Per Hannevold, and others.
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