DEPT. OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS ASU STATION #10906 SAN ANGELO, TX 76909 [email protected] KELLEY TRACZ - OBOIST
EDUCATION
2013 – 2015 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN M.M. Oboe Performance
2009 – 2013 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS B.M. Oboe Performance
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
September 2017 – present San Angelo, TX Adjunct Professor of Oboe - Angelo State University
July 2015 – present Austin, TX Private Oboe Lessons Instructor
August 2015 - present Austin, TX Chamber Group Instructor - Leander High School
Summers of 2010 - 2015, 2017 Manhattan, KS Oboe Instructor - Kansas State University Music Camp
Summers of 2010 - 2012 Twin Lake, MI Beginning Oboe Instructor - Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
CLINICIAN AND ADJUDICATING EXPERIENCE
August 2017 - present Cedar Park, TX Weekly Masterclass Instructor - Cedar Park High School
August 2017 - present Leander, TX Weekly Masterclass Instructor - Rouse High School
August 2015 - present Leander, TX Weekly Masterclass Instructor - Leander High School
July 2017 Austin, TX Premier Faculty Artist - Bocal Majority Double Reed Camp
March 2017 Austin, TX Double Reed Judge - Vandegrift High School Solo and Ensemble
September 2016 Austin, TX Oboe 101: Band Director Edition - Self-run clinic October 2015 and 2016 Austin, TX Masterclass Instructor - Four Points Middle School “District-a-Thon”
July 2016 Austin, TX Faculty Artist - Bocal Majority Double Reed Camp
May 2016 Leander, TX Leander School District Solo and Ensemble - Judge and Clinician
October, November 2015 and 2016 Austin, TX Adjudicator - TMEA District and Region Auditions
October 2015 Pflugerville, TX Masterclass Instructor - Cele Middle School
January 2014 and 2015 Minneapolis, MN Masterclass Instructor - University of Minnesota Honor Band Festival
RECENT SOLO AND NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Kansas State University Wind Ensemble (Manhattan, KS) October 2016 Variations on a Theme by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov
Packard Wind Band (Warren, OH) August 2016 Variations on a Theme by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov
Austin Symphonic Band (Austin, TX) April 2016 Martha Fantasy for Oboe and Wind Band, Lalliet
Pacific Region International Music Academy Festival June 2016 Serenade for Wind Instruments, Dvorak
RECENT ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE
Cedar Park Winds (Austin, TX) 2015 - present Principal Oboe
Round Rock Symphony (Austin, TX) September 2017 Sub Third Oboe
University of Texas Wind Conducting Symposium (Austin, TX) June 2017 Rotating Principal Oboe
Round Rock Symphony (Austin, TX) June 2017 Second Oboe - Opera Scenes Concert
Quad City Symphony (Davenport, IA) April 2017 Principal Oboe, Orchestra II - St. Matthew’s Passion Concordia College (Austin, TX) April 2017 Second Oboe - Mass in B Minor, Bach
Round Rock Symphony (Round Rock, TX) February 2017 Sub Principal Oboe
Round Rock Symphony (Round Rock, TX) December 2016 Sub Second Oboe
PRISMA Festival Orchestra (Powell River, BC) June 2016 Festival Orchestra Member
Temple Symphony Orchestra (Temple, TX) September 2016 Sub Second Oboe
Round Rock Symphony Orchestra (Round Rock, TX) February 2016 Sub Second Oboe
Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Davenport, IA) October, November 2014 Sub Principal Oboe
Southwest Minnesota Orchestra (Marshall, MN) March 2014 Sub Second Oboe
FESTIVALS, HONORS, AND RECOGNITION
Bayview Music Festival (Petoskey, MI) July - August 2017 Selected Woodwind Quintet Fellow
Pacific Region International Music Academy Festival June 2016 Selected Participant
Berneking Fellow 2013 - 2015 University of Minnesota School of Music
Outstanding Musician Award 2013 Kansas State University Wind Ensemble
Honor’s Recital Finalist 2013 Kansas State University School of Music
Young Artist Competition, 1st prize 2011 Midwest Double Reed Society
PRIMARY TEACHERS
Andrew Parker - Quad City Symphony, UT Austin
John Snow - Minnesota Orchestra, University of Minnesota
Nora Lewis - Kansas State University