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Keslie Pharis DMA Oboe Lecture Recital

Keslie Pharis, oboe
Sage Eckard-Lee, viola
William Preston, piano

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Program

Dimictic (2024)       Timothy Russell (b. 1981)

Four Memories from the High Plains    Randy Stagich (b. 1997)
II. Sunset (2024)

William Preston, piano

From the fire tower (2024)     John William Griffith II (b. 1997)

Sage Eckard-Lee, viola
William Preston, piano

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An oboist hailing from Amarillo, Texas, Keslie Pharis has recently performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and Madison Bach Musicians. Her playing is strongly influenced by her extensive background with ballet, and she enjoys teaching at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse as well as through her private oboe studio and local high school programs.

A doctoral candidate and Teaching Assistant at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Keslie holds a Master of Music degree from UW–Madison, where she was Paul J. Collins Distinguished Graduate Fellow, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University, where she was a recipient of the Jacobs School of Music Premiere Young Artist Award. Also a Lecturer in Music Business at UW-Madison, Keslie holds a Master of Business Administration degree from West Texas A&M University and a doctoral minor in Arts Administration from the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business.