Amy Wright, Flute
The CBRE flute faculty chair
Amy Wright, Flute
The CBRE flute faculty chair
Amy Wright was recently appointed Principal Flute of the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra. She also serves as Flute 2/Piccolo with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and is an active freelance musician throughout the Southeast, performing regularly with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, OPAS Philharmonic, and Rome Symphony Orchestra.
She is known for her versatility on flute and piccolo in both orchestral and pops performances.
Before relocating to Atlanta, she was based in Louisville, Kentucky, where she performed extensively with the Louisville Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Louisville Ballet, and Kentucky Opera, as well as served on the music education faculty at the University of Louisville.
In addition to performing, Amy teaches band and serves as woodwind specialist for grades 5–12 at The Paideia School in Atlanta, where she works with students in both large ensemble and individual instruction settings. Originally from Upstate New York, she holds a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Louisville, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Performance Certificate from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.
Rebecca Testerman, Oboe
Miranda Dohrman, Clarinet
The Robert Frohwein clarinet faculty chair
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
Shannon Lowe, Bassoon
"...Shannon Lowe shines her warm instrument in quite a different light...she phrases her long lyrical lines so that they not only sing but breathe with the gorgeous tone of a high baritone..." American Record Guide
Dr. Shannon Lowe serves as the Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Aural Skills at the University of Florida. Before her arrival at UF, was the Associate Professor of Bassoon in the Department of Music at Valdosta State University. Currently, Dr. Lowe is the principal bassoonist of the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra. She has played in preeminent orchestras of 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 and for eight seasons served as principal bassoonist in the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, 2014 recipient of the American Prize for Best Community Orchestra.
She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon Performance from SUNY Stony Brook, where she studied with 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. She is a proud Fox Artist. She recently released the recording A Musical Bouquet: Old, New and Borrowed Works for Bassoon and Strings through MSR Classics.
Get to know Dr. Lowe a little better here.
On a side note, she is one of the few bassoonists, if not only one, to have performed the exposition of Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto for the captain (over speakerphone), crew, and passengers at over 30,000 feet on a late night Southwestern Airlines flight from NY to Florida.