Dr. Christa N. Garvey

Assistant Professor of Music

D.M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
M.M., University of Colorado-Boulder
B.M., Indiana University-Bloomington

Academic Areas: applied oboe, music theory.

Dr. Christa N. Garvey
233 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Phone: 715/836-3390
Email: garveycn@uwec.edu

Christa Garvey, oboist, is an active recitalist and a member of the Wisconsin Woodwind Quintet, the Sonora Reed Trio, and the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra. Recent performances and presentations include the International Double Reed Society Conference, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the Iowa Bandmasters Association, the Wood Flute Conference in Seattle, WA, the College Music Society Northwest Chapter, and on the Live from the Chazen recital series. Dr. Garvey has performed with many groups, including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, the Cheyenne, WY Symphony, the Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, the Boulder Bach Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. She has developed an oboe method book for beginners and is currently studying the manuscript scores and correspondence of Bohuslav Martinu for new performing editions of his chamber works. Dr. Garvey holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Oboe Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where her dissertation project was the College of Music winner for a campus-wide Creative Work Award. Her undergraduate degree was received from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Garvey's teachers include James Brody, Marc Lifschey, Elaine Douvas, and John DeLancie.

Dr. Garvey joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the fall of 2003, where she teaches music theory, applied oboe, and leads the Eau Claire Oboe Band. She previously served on the faculty of the Metropolitan State College of Denver and was a Visiting Lecturer of Oboe and Musicology at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho.

Courses:

MUSI 159/359 Applied Oboe
MUSI 141 Elementary Theory: Written
MUSI 142 Elementary Theory: Aural
MUSI 246 Advanced Theory: Written
MUSI 247 Advanced Theory: Aural
MUSI 325 Orchestration
MUSI 257/457 Oboe Ensemble