James Zellers, Flute
The CBRE flute faculty chair
James Zellers holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Indiana University and a D.M.A. from the Juilliard School. His teachers have been Judith Thomas, Mark Thomas and Carol Wincenc. His performances have taken him to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Festival d’Evian, France, the Spoleto Festival in both Charleston, S.C. and Italy, and the 1988 Seoul, Korea and 1996 Atlanta Olympics Festival of Arts and Culture. Former touring artist for the North Carolina Council for the Arts, soloist with the Bach Aria Festival, the Chautauqua Institution, and the Sea Cliff Chamber Players, Dr. Zellers is currently Principal Flute with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, The Columbus GA Symphony, and Piccolo with the Florida West Coast Symphony, Sarasota. He has also performed with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera and has performed and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He was Acting Principal Flute with the Florida Orchestra, Tampa for the 1999-2000 season, and has held positions with the orchestras of Augusta GA and Greenville SC as well as faculty positions at the University of Georgia, Augusta State and Georgia State Universities. He is currently an Artist Affiliate for Emory University School of Music, a position he has held since February 2006. In addition to his flute activities, Dr. Zellers is an accomplished organist and arranger of choral and instrumental chamber music. He is also the proud breeder/owner/handler/trainer of four prize-winning Australian Shepherds; competing regularly in Confirmation, Agility and Competitive Obedience.
Pamela Holloway, Oboe
Oboist Pamela Holloway graduated with her Master of Music in Oboe Performance from Georgia State University and her Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance from Columbus State University. Her primary teachers include Holly Gornik, Russ deLuna, and Dr. Lara Saville Dahl. An active performer, Ms. Holloway is a member of the Lagrange, Carroll, Johns Creek, and Toccoa Symphonies; Symphony Without Borders, and Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. She is in demand as a freelance oboist and has appeared with the Columbus Symphony, Macon Pops Orchestra, Rome Symphony, San Angelo Symphony (TX), Music Sacra Atlanta, North Georgia Wind Symphony, and others. Ms. Holloway also enjoys a busy pit orchestra schedule for ballet, opera, and musical theater. She has performed in productions for the GSU Opera Theater, Harrower Summer Opera Workshop, Springer Opera House, Capitol City Opera Company, Lagrange College Musical Theatre, Gwinnett Ballet Company, and Columbus (GA) Ballet Company. Ms. Holloway has also performed on tours with live orchestra for popular artists such as Josh Groban, Sarah Mclachlan, Evanescence, Shakar, Il Volo, and others.
She maintains a busy private teaching schedule as Instructor of Double Reeds with the Carroll Symphony Music Academy and University of West Georgia, Instructor of Oboe at Ken Stanton Music, and as a private teacher for her own home studio. Ms. Holloway has served as Interim Part-time Instructor of Oboe at Georgia State University, and as Interim Artist-Instructor of Oboe at the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival. She currently serves as Woodwind Staff for the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival and is in demand as a middle and high school clinic instructor.
She maintains a busy private teaching schedule as Instructor of Double Reeds with the Carroll Symphony Music Academy and University of West Georgia, Instructor of Oboe at Ken Stanton Music, and as a private teacher for her own home studio. Ms. Holloway has served as Interim Part-time Instructor of Oboe at Georgia State University, and as Interim Artist-Instructor of Oboe at the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival. She currently serves as Woodwind Staff for the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival and is in demand as a middle and high school clinic instructor.
Rebecca Testerman, Oboe (on leave 2020)
Rebecca Collins is a busy professional oboist and teacher in the Atlanta area. She holds performance degrees from Loyola University in New Orleans and the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She began her studies at age 13 and has studied with John Corina at UGA, Helen Erb of the New Orleans Symphony, and Elaine Douvas of the Metropolitan Opera. She is an active freelancer and plays with the Macon Symphony, the Dekalb Symphony, The Rome Symphony, The John’s Creek Symphony, and the Toccoa Symphony. Rebecca is also a popular oboe soloist and performs regularly at several churches in the Atlanta area. Rebecca has a large studio of successful oboe students and runs a reed making business serving oboists all over the country.
Miranda Dohrman, Clarinet
The Robert Frohwein clarinet faculty chair
Miranda Dohrman is a freelance clarinetist and instructor. She has performed with the Atlanta, Charleston, and Greenville Symphony Orchestras, the Atlanta Ballet and Opera Orchestras, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, the Savannah Philharmonic, the Sarasota Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, and the Orlando Philharmonic. She has also performed several shows with Broadway Across America, including Billy Elliot, Evita, Mary Poppins, Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, and Wicked. Miranda is a charter member of the Atlanta Chamber Winds and served as clarinetist in the final seasons of the Pandean Players, an Atlanta-based chamber music ensemble. She is a founding member of the Balkan-style brass band Mercury Orkestar. For the 2004-2005 season, Miranda was Principal Clarinet with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra and the Augusta Opera Orchestra. Miranda received both her Bachelor of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She received a Master of Music degree from Florida State University. Her primary teachers include Dr. Frank Kowalsky and Mr. Kenneth Grant. Miranda is an Artist Affiliate at Agnes Scott College and she also teaches at the Atlanta International School and the Paideia School. She was previously
an instructor for both the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program and the Community Music Centers of Atlanta. Her recordings include performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles (Telarc), the Atlanta Chamber
Winds (Albany), The Florida Orchestra (Naxos), and the New York-based new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound (Nonesuch). www.mirandadohrman.com
an instructor for both the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program and the Community Music Centers of Atlanta. Her recordings include performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles (Telarc), the Atlanta Chamber
Winds (Albany), The Florida Orchestra (Naxos), and the New York-based new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound (Nonesuch). www.mirandadohrman.com
Shannon Lowe, Bassoon
Dr. Shannon Lowe is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Aural Skills at the University of Florida. Before her arrival at UF, she served as Associate Professor of Bassoon in the Department of Music at Valdosta State University. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon Performance at SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with the renowned performer and pedagogue Dr. Frank Morelli. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree with a Performer's Certificate as well as her Master of Music in Bassoon Performance degree from the University of Florida, under Dr. Arnold Irchai and Dr. Kim Woolly.
An avid chamber musician, Dr. Lowe performs in several chamber groups in the southeast. Recently, along with her clarinetist husband Peter Geldrich, she formed the Geldrich-Lowe Duo. In July of 2018, the duo was a featured performance group at the International Clarinet Association’s Clarinetfest in Ostend, Belgium. Furthermore, the Geldrich-Lowe duo has teamed up with pianist Joshua Pifer to form a trio, and over the past year have performed their program titled "All Combinations" at the University of Arizona, Valdosta State University, the University of Florida, and the Auburn Museum of Fine Arts. Dr. Lowe is also a member of the Anon Ensemble, a flute, viola, and bassoon trio. In April 2015, the ensemble was featured in an online premiere of Eva Kendrick's “Juntos” at the 20th Anniversary Congress of the International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM). Kendrick's “Juntos” was the recipient of the Judith Lang Zaimont Prize for the IAWM 2014 New Music Search. She is a founding member of the Scirocco Quartet which has performed to high praise throughout the southeast and southwest. The group was featured ensemble at the National Flute Association Conference, Florida Flute Convention, and Symphony at the Museum Series in Albany, Georgia. She is also a member of the American Chamber Winds, an acclaimed chamber music group led by Dr. David Waybright that has performed in numerous concert tours across Europe and Brazil.
Dr. Lowe has recently performed the Mozart and Beethoven quintets for piano and winds in addition to Peter Winkler's "Gili's Music for bassoon and cello" at the 2019 International Double Reed Society Conference. Past performances include a chamber music recital with VSU’s Azalea String Quartet at the 2016 IDRS Conference in Columbus, Georgia and with the Ragin’ Reeds Quartet at the 2015 IDRS Conference in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Lowe has participated in the Sarasota Music Festival and International Music Festival in Burgos, Spain. Also, she has performed at the prestigious Campos do Jordão International Music Festival (Brazil). She has premiered contemporary works for the bassoon at the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival as well as the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival in Richmond, Virginia. Additionally, Dr. Lowe has been a featured soloist with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra on Mozart's Bassoon Concerto and recently performed as bassoon soloist in Michael Daugherty’s "Dead Elvis" with both with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and UF New Music Ensemble.
Currently, Dr. Lowe is the principal bassoonist of the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with preeminent orchestras in the southeast such as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and Macon Symphony. For six seasons, she was principal bassoonist of the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra (now known as the Gainesville Orchestra) and for eight seasons served as principal bassoonist in the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, 2014 recipient of the American Prize for Best Community Orchestra.
Dr. Lowe has proudly been a part of several commissioning consortiums for new bassoon works. Most recently she commissioned a work for bassoon and string quintet from the French composer Alexis Ciesla and was part of a commission consortium for John Steimetz's Bassoon Concerto (2019). Past commission consortiums include Sunny Knable's "The Busking Bassoonist" and Gregory Wanamaker's "Echoes of Melancholy."
She is passionate about presenting clinics for music educators and bassoonists with the intent of sharing tips, techniques, and triumphs for successful bassoon playing. In December 2019, she looks forward to giving an interactive session titled "Building Beginning Bassoonists" at the 2019 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Over the past several years, Dr. Lowe has been a co-presenter in a clinic titled “Be Not Afraid! Double Reeds Made Accessible: A Quick Start Session for Music Educators” at both the Georgia and Florida Music Educators Association Conferences. Recently, her article “Venting on the Bassoon” was published in The Instrumentalist Magazine.
An avid chamber musician, Dr. Lowe performs in several chamber groups in the southeast. Recently, along with her clarinetist husband Peter Geldrich, she formed the Geldrich-Lowe Duo. In July of 2018, the duo was a featured performance group at the International Clarinet Association’s Clarinetfest in Ostend, Belgium. Furthermore, the Geldrich-Lowe duo has teamed up with pianist Joshua Pifer to form a trio, and over the past year have performed their program titled "All Combinations" at the University of Arizona, Valdosta State University, the University of Florida, and the Auburn Museum of Fine Arts. Dr. Lowe is also a member of the Anon Ensemble, a flute, viola, and bassoon trio. In April 2015, the ensemble was featured in an online premiere of Eva Kendrick's “Juntos” at the 20th Anniversary Congress of the International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM). Kendrick's “Juntos” was the recipient of the Judith Lang Zaimont Prize for the IAWM 2014 New Music Search. She is a founding member of the Scirocco Quartet which has performed to high praise throughout the southeast and southwest. The group was featured ensemble at the National Flute Association Conference, Florida Flute Convention, and Symphony at the Museum Series in Albany, Georgia. She is also a member of the American Chamber Winds, an acclaimed chamber music group led by Dr. David Waybright that has performed in numerous concert tours across Europe and Brazil.
Dr. Lowe has recently performed the Mozart and Beethoven quintets for piano and winds in addition to Peter Winkler's "Gili's Music for bassoon and cello" at the 2019 International Double Reed Society Conference. Past performances include a chamber music recital with VSU’s Azalea String Quartet at the 2016 IDRS Conference in Columbus, Georgia and with the Ragin’ Reeds Quartet at the 2015 IDRS Conference in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Lowe has participated in the Sarasota Music Festival and International Music Festival in Burgos, Spain. Also, she has performed at the prestigious Campos do Jordão International Music Festival (Brazil). She has premiered contemporary works for the bassoon at the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival as well as the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival in Richmond, Virginia. Additionally, Dr. Lowe has been a featured soloist with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra on Mozart's Bassoon Concerto and recently performed as bassoon soloist in Michael Daugherty’s "Dead Elvis" with both with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and UF New Music Ensemble.
Currently, Dr. Lowe is the principal bassoonist of the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with preeminent orchestras in the southeast such as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and Macon Symphony. For six seasons, she was principal bassoonist of the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra (now known as the Gainesville Orchestra) and for eight seasons served as principal bassoonist in the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, 2014 recipient of the American Prize for Best Community Orchestra.
Dr. Lowe has proudly been a part of several commissioning consortiums for new bassoon works. Most recently she commissioned a work for bassoon and string quintet from the French composer Alexis Ciesla and was part of a commission consortium for John Steimetz's Bassoon Concerto (2019). Past commission consortiums include Sunny Knable's "The Busking Bassoonist" and Gregory Wanamaker's "Echoes of Melancholy."
She is passionate about presenting clinics for music educators and bassoonists with the intent of sharing tips, techniques, and triumphs for successful bassoon playing. In December 2019, she looks forward to giving an interactive session titled "Building Beginning Bassoonists" at the 2019 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Over the past several years, Dr. Lowe has been a co-presenter in a clinic titled “Be Not Afraid! Double Reeds Made Accessible: A Quick Start Session for Music Educators” at both the Georgia and Florida Music Educators Association Conferences. Recently, her article “Venting on the Bassoon” was published in The Instrumentalist Magazine.
Amy Pollard, Bassoon (on leave 2020)
The Diane Bartlett bassoon faculty chair
Amy Pollard is assistant professor of bassoon at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. She formerly served as lecturer of bassoon at Baylor University and has also been on faculty at the University of Dayton and the Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts. During the summer she has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Center Advanced Bassoon Institute. She is currently second bassoonist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Pollard also serves on the administrative board for the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium. Pollard has performed as a soloist with the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony as well as with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Players. An avid chamber musician, she has performed at venues throughout the United States and also in Ireland, Belgium, and Argentina with such groups as the Georgia Woodwind Quintet, the Baylor University Woodwind Quintet, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Woodwind Quintet, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Players. Her bassoon-percussion duo, Col Legno (www.collegnoduo.com), has performed recitals and presented master classes at numerous venues throughout the country. Pollard’s debut solo album, Ruminations: Bassoon Works of Eugène Bozza, was recently released by Mark Records and on iTunes in February 2015.
*Artist-faculty are subject to change.
