San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

 

Devienne Trio

Three Texas Tech University faculty members - flutist Michael Stoune, bassoonist Richard Meek and pianist Jane Ann Wilson - formed the Devienne Trio in late 1983 for the purpose of playing "A Favourite Trio Concertante" by François Devienne. Professor Stoune had acquired copies of the work, which had been published in 1787, and was preparing a new edition. The newly formed trio gave its first performance in February 1984, and took its name from the composer of the work, which had inspired its inception. The composer François Devienne was himself an accomplished bassoonist and the first professor of flute at the Paris Conservatory.
Since that first faculty recital at Texas Tech University, the group has performed on artist series at universities, churches and museums; toured the southwest area from Houston to Colorado; and played at the National Flute Association conventions in Chicago and Kansas City, The Music Teachers' National Association conference in Spokane, the International Double Reed Society Conferences in Buenos Aires and Austin; appeared twice at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio; and presented innumerable "informances" in the public schools. The ensemble has commissioned and premiered works for this medium by Ann K. Gebuhr, well-known Houston composer and professor of theory and composition at Houston Baptist University; by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas whose TRIGON was premiered at the 1989 TMEA convention, and by Texas Tech composers Steven Paxton and Mary Jeanne van Appledorn. The ensemble also premiered Trio Souffle by American composer Gary Shocker. The trio's recording of van Appledorn's Galilean Galaxies has been released by Contemporary Record Society (Broomall, PA). The ensemble performed a recital in the Semanas Musicales, a music festival in Frutillar, Chile, in January 2004, as well as concerts in Puerto Montt and Santiago.

The artists provided "a rare insight into this baroque masterpiece. . .exquisite exchanges of solo statements . . .. (The Trio) established clear delineation and intelligent combinations of melodies easily and with great elegance.... The Devienne Trio is a beautiful musical treat, one to be anticipated again." [Roswell Daily Record]

The Trio Devienne is highly cohesive and the perfect blend which they have achieved is an important element of their success. [August 2000, Valdivia, Chile]

Many thanks for the Devienne Trio Concertante…and the terrific performance. [John Heard, IDRS Conference, August 9, 2000, Buenos Aires, Argentina]


MICHAEL STOUNE, flute
Professor of Flute and Fine Arts at Texas Tech University and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Music, Dr. Stoune holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He has taught at Southwest Texas State University, Central Michigan University, the University of Michigan, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, and at Texas Tech. Dr. Stoune teaches flute, music theory, and fine arts classes. He is Associate Director for Graduate Studies of the School of Music.
He is active as a performer in chamber ensembles, which include the Devienne Trio, and the Texas Tech Baroque Ensemble. He conducted the Professional Flute Choir for the National Flute Association in 1989 and the National Flute Orchestra in 2002. Dr. Stoune is also active in promoting the music of Irish Flute Bands. His performances are recorded on Opus One and CRS. He is piccoloist with the Lubbock Symphony, and principal flutist of the Roswell (NM) Symphony Orchestra.


RICHARD MEEK, bassoon
In addition to performing with the Mariah Winds, the Texas Tech Baroque Ensemble, and the Devienne Trio at Texas Tech University, Mr. Meek teaches bassoon and music theory. He holds the Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Performer's Certificate and the Master of Arts from the Eastman School of Music where he served as principal bassoonist of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Philharmonia. Among his teachers are Rudolph Klepac (Akademie Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria), Kenneth Moore, David Van Hoesen, Louis Skinner and Marcel Moyse.
Mr. Meek has performed at numerous annual meetings of the International Double Reed Society both here and abroad, and also has served as its treasurer and as host for the 1981 Congress of that group in Lubbock. He has appeared as soloist with several orchestras and premiered a number of solo works written for him. Formerly principal bassoonist of the Midland-Odessa and San Angelo, symphonies and the Orchestra of Santa Fe, Mr. Meek is currently principal bassoonist with the Lubbock (Texas), Roswell (New Mexico) and Abilene (Texas) Symphony Orchestras.
Mr. Meek serves as editor for solo and ensemble works for the bassoon with Allyn Publications and supervises some twenty-thirty bassoonists at the Texas Tech Band/Orchestra Camp each summer.


JANE ANN WILSON, piano
A native of Lubbock, Jane Ann Wilson received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Tech University with piano and violoncello as principal instruments. She received the Master of Music in piano performance and the Doctor of Music in piano pedagogy, performance, and literature degrees from Indiana University. She is pianist in the Devienne Trio and the Wilson Piano and Organ Duo. A recipient of a Shell Foundation Faculty Development grant to attend the Janácek Festival in Brno, Czechoslovakia, she wrote her doctoral document on The Piano Works of Leoš Janácek. Her review of a new book on Janácek appears in the February/March 2004 issue of the American Music Teacher. Her piano teachers have included Abbey Simon, Alfonso Montecino, Jorge Bolet and Sydney Foster. Performances of chamber music and solo recitals have taken the pianist to many places in the U.S., to England, and to South America. She is also active as an adjudicator and clinician and recently was on the jury of the 2005 Midland-Odessa Symphony National Young Artists Competition.

Wilson has taught at Iowa State University and The Catholic University of America, and is now Associate Professor of Music at Texas Tech University where she teaches piano and piano pedagogy, coordinates accompanying, and is Chair of the Keyboard Area. With Thomas Hughes, Wilson has developed a significant data base of pedagogical piano repertoire that is now on the Web available for use by all piano teachers. The database was presented to the public by Hughes and Wilson at the TMTA Convention in June 2004 and at the 2006 Hawaii Internationaly Conference of the Arts and Humanities. Active as a cellist as well, she performs with area orchestras and chamber groups.





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