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 Klopfenstein 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/Chazen 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 Music Educators National Conference, the Iowa Composer’s Forum, Iowa Bandmasters Association, and on Wisconsin radio and television. She performs regularly as a member of the Wisconsin Woodwind Quintet, the Sonora Reed Trio, Clearly Three 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, a Master of Arts degree in Bassoon, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Iowa. She also holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Fletcher has written a number of music articles for professional journals and is the author of The Paris Conservatoire and The Contest Solos for Bassoon (Indiana University Press). She can be heard on these CD recordings: Clearly Three: Trios from the Twentieth Century (Tonheim, available through www.cdbaby.com/cd/kfletcher), Chamber Music Favorites with Alto Saxophone (Hindson), Zodiac (Hermere), Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra Live (Skyline Studios), and ECCO Tells the Tale (Tonheim). Since 1982 Dr. Fletcher has been on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she 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 the Wisconsin State Music Association, the University of Iowa, and many Wisconsin and Minnesota high schools.

Courses:

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

Audio Excerpts by Kristine Klopfenstein Fletcher, Bassoon
(All excerpts are about 2 minutes.)

Solo Bassoon:
R. Kendrick - Ooghedy Booghedy, Mvt. 2

Bassoon and Piano:
A. Miyoshi - Autour d'Absence
M. Whitney - Rumba

Chamber Ensemble:
I. Lunde - Alternations, Op. 91 for Clarinet and Bassoon
I. Lunde - Trio, Op. 8c for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
A. Souris - Rengaines for Woodwind Quintet III. Romance
I. Lunde - Three Signs of the Zodiac, Op. 97 II. Very slow and expressive
H. Villa-Lobos - Choros No. 7

Bassoon and Symphony Orchestra (Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra):
J. A. Levitin: Concerto for Bassoon and Clarinet III. Vivace

Bassoon and Band (UW-Eau Claire Wind Symphony)
F. Danzi: Concertino, Op 47 for Clarinet and Bassoon