Department of Music

The University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents Doug Spaniol, bassoon in concert on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 at 8:00 pm. 

Doug Spaniol is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Woodwinds in the School of Music at Butler University's Jordan College of the Arts, where he teaches bassoon and courses in reed-making, pedagogy, theory, and chamber music. Dr. Spaniol earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Ohio State University as well as Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Illinois. His bassoon teachers include Christopher Weait, William Waterhouse, and E. Sanford Berry. 

As a performer, Dr. Spaniol has appeared as concerto soloist with Sinfonia da Camera, the St. Petersburg Classical Symphony Orchestra, Solisti St. Petersburg, the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, and Butler's Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jordan Sinfonia. He can be heard as soloist on two CDs: Bassoon with a View (Innova 520) and Frank Felice: Sidewalk Music (Capstone CPS-8707). As a member of Arbítrio (with Alicia Cordoba Tait, oboe, and Bradley Haag, piano) he has performed throughout the Midwest, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, and recorded a CD for Centaur Records (CRC 3013). He served as principal/co-principal bassoon of Sinfonia da Camera for twelve seasons, including a tour of England, broadcasts on NPR's Performance Today, and CDs on Albany and Zephyr Records and the Classical Music for Dummies CD. He has also performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Columbus (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, and many other ensembles.  In addition, he has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Art Garfunkel, Sandi Patty, Michael Feinstein, Nancy Griffith, Daniel Narducci, and country star Collin Raye.

This event is supported by the Eleanor Shea Music Trust​.

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