CATHERINE A. MEYER 382 McGrath Hwy Apt 2R
Somerville, MA 02143
Phone: (617) 388-2363
Email: cathy <at> elder-gods.org
Website: http://www.elder-gods.org/~cathy


Education
Longy School of Music 2003-present
  • M.M., Early Music, Baroque Oboe – in progress
University of North Carolina Greensboro May 2003
  • B.A., Music History, Oboe
  • Cum Laude
  • Minor in Mathematics
  • 3.51 GPA

Honors and Awards
  • Christ Church of Cambridge Choir Scholarship
  • Longy School of Music Scholarship
  • Ethel Virginia Butler Centennial Scholarship
  • Hester Undergraduate Music Scholarship

Recitals Given
Half Recital, Longy
    Thomas Vincent: Sonata II
    Jaques Hotteterre: Premiére Suite
    Johann Fux: Concentus Musico-Instrumentalis V

June 8, 2004
Senior Recital, UNCG
    François Couperin: Concert Nº 6 de Les Goûts Réunis
    J.S. Bach: BWV 249 "The Easter Oratorio"
    Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A Minor, RV 461; F VII/5

Mar. 23, 2003
Junior Recital, UNCG
    G.P. Telemann: Sonate in B-Dur
    Ludwig von Beethoven: Variationen für zwei Oboen und Englischhorn über: "Là ci darem la mano" aus Mozarts Don Giovanni
    Richard Strauss: Konzert für Oboe

Apr. 28, 2002
Sophomore Half Recital, UNCG
    Henri Tomasi: Évocations
    Charles Colin: Premier Solo de Concours
    G.P. Telemann: Trio aus der "Tafelmusik" 1733, II Nr. 4

Apr. 22, 2001
Ensemble Experience
Longy Renaissance Wind Band
Shawm

2004-present
Laurel Chamber Ensemble
Oboe, English Horn, Recorder, Voice

1998-present
UNCG Symphony Orchestra
Co-Principal Oboe and English Horn

2002-2003
UNCG Collegium Musicum
Recorders, Shawms, and Krumhorns in C and F, Voice

1999-2003
Phoenix Wind Quintet
Oboe

1999-2003
UNCG Madrigal Singers
Voice

2001-2002
UNCG Sapphires
Voice

2000-2002
UNCG Wind Ensemble
Co-Principal Oboe and English Horn

2000-2002
UNCG Women's Glee Club
Voice

2000
UNCG Symphony Orchestra
English Horn

1999-2000

Teachers
Mr. Stephen Hammer, Baroque Oboe

Cambridge, MA 2003-present
Ms. Laurie Monahan, Voice

Cambridge, MA 2004
Dr. M. Ashley Barret, Oboe

Greensboro, NC 1999-2003
Mr. Charles Lynam, Voice

Greensboro, NC 2000

Festivals
Amherst Early Music Festival

2001, 2002, 2004
International Baroque Institute at Longy

2003
International Double Reed Society Conference

2001, 2003
John Mack Oboe Camp

2000
Interlochen Arts Camp 1998

Masterclasses
Mr. Wayne Rapier

2003
Dr. Dwight Manning

2002
Dr. Nancy King

2001
Dr. Mark Ostoich 2001

Professional Affiliations
  • Early Music America
  • International Double Reed Society

Instruments Owned
  • Baroque Oboe, Boxwood, Levin Robinson - Saxon model, A=415, #0187
  • Baroque Oboe, Boxwood, Mary Kirkpatrick after R. Haka, A=405, #3.94
  • Alto Recorder, Rosewood, Von Huene after Rippert, A=440, #10498
  • Oboe, Grenadilla, F. Lorée, MG05
  • English Horn, Grenadilla, F. Lorée, LV64

Interests
Early Music, Scottish Highland Dance, Music Arranging (Arranged classical repertoire for the Laurel Chamber Ensemble and pop repertoire for the Sapphires), Computers (HTML, Finale, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Works, and personal website maintanence)

References
Available upon request

Repertoire
BAROQUE OBOE
    Solo/Chamber
Bach, Johann Sebastien








Fux, Johann
Handel, Georg Friedrich
Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin
Telemann, Georg Phillip
Vincent, Thomas
Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not BWV 21
Cantata - Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht BWV 55
Cantata - Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! BWV 70
Ach senke doch den Geist der Freuden BWV 73
Cantata - Ich habe genug BWV 82
Gerechter Gott, ach, rechnest du? BWV 89
Hört, ihr Augen, auf zu weinen! BWV 98
Gott versorget alles Leben BWV 187
Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen BWV 199
Concentus Musico-Instrumentalis V
Sonata VIII
Premiére Suite
Partia 2
Sonata II

OBOE
    Solo
Bach, Johann Sebastien

Britten, Benjamin
Cimarosa, Domenico
Colin, Charles
Couperin, François
De Caix d'Hervelois, Louis
Guilhaud, Georges
Handel, Georg Friedrich
Hanson, Howard
Hindemith, Paul
Marcello, Benedetto
Meyer, Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Poulenc, Francis
Schumann, Robert
Strauss, Richard
Telemann, Georg Phillip

Tomasi, Henri
Usher, Julia
Vivaldi, Antonio
Siciliano for Oboe
Adagio from BWV 249
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Premier Solo de Concours
Concert No. 6 de Les Goûts Réunis
Les Vendengeuses (Cor Anglais)
1st Concertino
Sonata No. 1
Pastorale
Sonate
Concerto in C Minor
Three Rustic Miniatures for Solo Oboe
Oboe Concerto in C Major
Sonata, K.V. 370
Sonata for Oboe
Three Romances
Concerto for Oboe
Sonata in A Minor
Sonata in Bb Major
Évocations
A Reed in the Wind
Concerto in A Minor RV 461

    Ensemble
Arnold, Malcolm
Bach, Johann Christian
Beethoven, Ludwig van

Berio, Luciano
Bozza, Eugéne

Debussy, Claude
Delaney, Robert
Hidas, Frigyas
Ibert, Jacques
Jacob, Gordon
Klughart, August
Milhaud, Darius
Reicha, Antoine

Ridout, Alan
Telemann, Georg Phillip


Vivaldi, Antonio
Three Shanties
Quintett D-dur
Trio for 2 Oboes and English Horn
Variations on "La Ci Darem La Mano"
Opus Number Zoo
Shepherd's Provence
Scherzo
Bruyeres for Oboe and Harp
Quintet
Fúvósötös
Trois Pièces Brèves
Wind Quintet No. 1 (Serenade)
Quintet
La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Quintet
Quintet in Eb Major
The Shippen
Tafel-Musik II Teil Quartett
Concerto in A Minor
Trio aus der "Tafelmusik" 1733, II Nr. 4
Concerto in C Major

VOICE
    Solo/Duet
Anonymous




Bellini, Vincenzo
von Bingen, Hildegard

Caccini, Giulio
Camus, Sebastien Le

Dowland, John


Durante, Francesco
Henry VIII
de Machaut, Guillaume

Monteverdi, Claudio
Morley, Thomas
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Scarlatti, Alessandro
Bruder, Konrad
Ein Meidlein, tet mir klagen
Drink to me Only with Thine Eyes
Star Vicino
The Willow Song
Vaga Luna
Ordo Virtutem:
Inocentia, Contemptus Mundi, Verecundia
Amarilli, mia Bella
Amour, Cruel Amour
Que Ma Bergeres est Belle
Come Again Sweet Love
Flow, My Tears
Weep you no More, Sad Fountains
Vergin, Tutto Amor
Pastime With Good Company
Phyton, le mervillous serpent
S'Amours ne fait
In un Fiorito Prato
It was a Lover and His Lass
Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri
Stabat Mater
Se Delitto e l'adorarti

Resumes