On this episode we catch up on October madness. For our interview we welcome Ben Roidl-Ward, Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Learn more about Ben at his website, https://www.benroidlward.com/. 

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Episode 167: Ben Roidl-Ward

On this episode Galit dishes about an embarrassing moment. For our interview we welcome bassoonist and legendary pedagogue Francine Peterson! 

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Episode 173: Francine Peterson

Performed by the Chicago Wind Project:
Constance Volk, flutes
Andrew Nogal, oboe and English horn
Katherine Schoepflin Jimoh, clarinets
Matthew Oliphant, horn
Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon

II. "What are Little Boys Made Of" from "Ezra's Nursery" by Aaron Holloway-Nahum

"Conditional" was commissioned by Wolftone (Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon and William Overcash, *prepared* violin). Funding provided by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.

An improvisatory piece built around the idea of a conditional relationship between the two performers, namely that the bassoonist is not allowed to participate in the piece until they hear the violinist perform a certain technique (a timbral "common ground") for a certain amount of time. 

These three interpretations were performed in a recording session on January 7, 2020, facilitated by James Edel (recording engineer).

Picture by Lisa Atkinson.

Conditional (v.1)

Zachary Good, Alto Recorder: https://zacharygood.com/

PROGRAM NOTE

Heights was written in the Spring of 2019 for Zachary Good, it is an adaptation of Sonore a harpsichord solo written for Webb Wiggins.

Caressed by sweet encirclement of fog
In which I lived and moved and had my being
Oh! So briefly…

And saw, beyond the field, a scarlet sun rising,
Rising, rising to blaze and bless with sudden clarity.

Fragments from Cecily Jones SL, Waking one morning to thickest fog

Heights (alto recorder solo)

This is an improvisation between Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon, and Mathew Arrellin, cello. No elements of the piece were planned beforehand.

II. "What are Little Boys Made Of" from "Ezra's Nursery" by Aaron Holloway-Nahum

Ben Roidl-Ward

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