Dr. Kristine K. Fletcher

Senior Lecturer, part-time

D.M.A., M.A., B.M.E., University of Iowa
M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Academic Areas: applied bassoon, woodwind techniques.

Dr. Kristine K. Fletcher
148 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Phone: 715/836-4322
Email: fletchkk@uwec.edu

Kristine K. Fletcher performs frequently as a collaborative artist and soloist. She has appeared as soloist for the Edinburgh, Scotland Society of Musicians, on the Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert Series, the Elvehjem Museum of Art, on international conferences of the International Double Reed Society, the International Clarinet Association, the International Wood Flute conference, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, on the national conference of MENC, the Iowa Bandmasters Association, and on Wisconsin radio and television . She performs regularly as a member of the Wisconsin Woodwind Quintet, the Sonora Reed Trio, and as principal bassoonist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and has toured England and Scotland as a member of the Wisconsin-In-Scotland Chamber Players. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy, a Master of Arts degree in Bassoon Performance, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Iowa where she studied bassoon with Ronald Tyree. She also holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. At the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Fletcher teaches bassoon, woodwind methods, and related subjects. In 2000 she established and became director of Cane Mutiny, UW-Eau Claire's Bassoon Ensemble and performed programs with them at WSMA, the University of Iowa, and many Wisconsin and Minnesota high schools. Dr. Fletcher has written a number of music articles for professional journals and The Paris Conservatoire and The Contest Solos for Bassoon, a standard reference book for bassoonists. At present she is co-authoring a guide to chamber music for bassoon, clarinet and piano and recently has released a CD of some of these works entitled Clearly Three performs Trios from the Twentieth Century.

Courses:

MUSI 161/361 Applied Bassoon
MUSI 208 Woodwind Techniques
MUSI 210 Woodwind Techniques
MUSI 257/457 Woodwind Ensemble