Primary Contributor: Terry B. Ewell  
Other Contributors: Doris DeLoach
Future Contributors:  Todd Goranson | Matthew Morris | Cynthia Sperl Watson

Our Mission Statement

---

Terry B. Ewell

Chairperson, Professor, Department of Music, Towson University
Former President, International Double Reed Society

(B. M. University of Washington; Bassoon Performance, magna cum lauda; M. A. University of Washington, Music Theory; Ph.D. University of Washington, Music Theory)

Terry Ewell is Chairperson of the Department of Music and bassoon professor at Towson University.  In his 25 years as a professional musician he has received recognition as a performer, teacher, scholar, and administrator. 

For seven years he served as Principal Bassoon of the Hong Kong Philharmonic under music director Kenneth Schermerhorn and visiting directors Gerard Schwartz, Kenneth Jean, Maxim Shostakovich, and Jahja Ling.  Later he was Principal Bassoon of the Wheeling Symphony and Acting Principal Bassoon of the West Virginia Symphony.  He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.  As a soloist he has performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the IDRS 2004 Conference Orchestra (Melbourne, Australia), and with several regional orchestras in the state of Washington.  His performances as a chamber musician have been heard in Germany, Hong Kong, and throughout the United States.  He has recorded for Musical Heritage Society, Hong Kong Records, Pickwick Records, Cambria Records, and Naxos.

Dr. Ewell has gained a reputation for his innovative approaches to bassoon teaching.  He is a pioneer in the application of MIDI and MP3 files to bassoon instruction.  His articles on various aspects of bassoon pedagogy have received international attention with publication in American, Dutch, and British journals.  He has taught at the Hong Kong Conservatory of Music, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pacific Lutheran University (Washington State), West Virginia University, and Towson University.  He is a faculty member at the MasterWorks Music Festival and has given master classes or lectures at Trinity College in Greenwich, England; the University of Colorado; and at several International Double Reed Society conferences. 

His writings appear in over a dozen journals principally The Double Reed, the International Double Reed Journal, and Scrapes.  In addition he is the author and editor of several publications at the International Double Reed Society World Wide Web Site: the Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion, the IDRS Reed Project, the IDRS MIDI site, IDRS Who’s Who, IDRS Podcast, and the IDRS Conference Program Archive.

 How Dr. Ewell's life changed.

---

Doris DeLoach

DORIS DeLOACH received the B.M. degree from Florida State University, the M.M.E. degree from George Peabody College, and the D.M. degree in oboe performance from Florida State University. Before joining the Baylor University faculty in 1972, she played oboe and English horn with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra for three seasons. She has taught instrumental music in the public schools of Montgomery County, Maryland, and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony, the Chattanooga Opera Orchestra, the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra, the American Institute of Musical Studies Orchestra in Graz, Austria, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and is principal oboist of the Waco Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the Baylor Woodwind Quintet. Her major teachers were Nancy Fowler and Ray Still and she has done additional study with John de Lancie. In 1971, she received the Ernst von Dohnanyi Citation for Excellence in Performance from Florida State University and in 1991 she was named the Outstanding Creative Artist at Baylor University. In 2001, she received the Florida State University School of Music Faculty Citation for distinguished achievement in teaching and performance. She is on the faculty of the summer MasterWorks Festival at Winona Lake, Indiana. An active clinician and soloist, she has performed at International Double Reed Society Conventions in Columbus, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Bloomington, Madison, Evanston, Frankfurt, Morgantown and Austin.

Dr. DeLoach's decision to follow Christ