Keri E. McCarthy, oboe and English horn

Keri E. McCarthy, Oboe and English Horn

Assistant Professor of Oboe, Washington State University

Keri McCarthy currently teaches at Washington State University in Pullman, WA. Dr. McCarthy has returned from her Fulbright travel to Bangkok, Thailand, where she spent the summer of 2011 performing, researching and teaching about oboe and new music across Southeast Asia.

McCarthy and Spicciati to Give Master Class at UW
Keri McCarthy (Washington State University) and Shannon Spicciati (University of Washington) will be giving a master class for oboists at the University of Washington on Friday, November 11 (Veteran's Day), starting at 1pm. Any interested students should e-mail Dr. McCarthy (kmccarthy@wsu.edu to inquire about location and performance opportunities. We look forward to seeing you there!

Solstice Quintet to Perform in Seattle and Bellingham, WA
Washington State University's faculty wind quintet, Solstice, will be performing recent and new quintets on November 10 and 12 in Seattle (hosted by the Washington Composers Forum) and Bellingham, WA (at the Western Washington University School of Music). For more information and tickets, please click on the following link:
http://www.washingtoncomposers.org/pages/transport/solsticewindquintet.html

WSU School of Music
The School of Music at Washington State University was established in 1901, and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in music performance, education and composition. Internationally recognized faculty members offer private lessons and teach music history, theory, ear trianing, conducting, jazz and business courses. The recently renovated Kimbrough music building houses a state-of-the-art recording studio available to students and faculty.

Local Oboists:
You are welcome to come visit WSU and take a lesson. I would be glad to show you around our facilities and introduce you to our faculty members.

Washington High School Oboists:

Check out the recorded excerpts from the WMEA All-State Ensemble Audition Materials!

Keri E. McCarthy Receives Fulbright Award

Keri E. McCarthy, Assistant Professor of Oboe and Music History at Washington State University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and research at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand during the 2011-2012 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Dr. McCarthy studied relationships between Thai traditional and art musics; her project included commissioning three new pieces for oboe duo from Thai composers Weerachat Premananda, AnoThai Nitibhon, and Siraseth Pantura-Umporn. Keri performed these new works and many others in concert this summer with oboists from Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Dr. McCarthy will also taught at Chulalongkorn University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Thailand.

Click on the following link to read a recent article on Dr. McCarthy's project:

http://dailyevergreen.com/read/music-professor-travels-thailand

Southeast Asian Solo Tour

Check out reviews from the Summer 2008 tour of Bangkok, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.