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Rebecca Schalk Nagel
oboe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina, oboist Rebecca Schalk Nagel enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, and teacher. Principal oboist of the South Carolina Philharmonic, Ms. Nagel has appeared with the Philharmonic as a soloist in Mozart's Concerto in C for Oboe, Krommer's Concerto in F, and J.S. Bach's Concerto in A for Oboe d'amore and Concerto for Oboe and Violin. Her performance of the Mozart concerto was praised for it's "cleanly articulated phrasing, special sense of lyric ease in the slow movement, and beguiling tone color throughout" by The State (Columbia, South Carolina). Ms. Nagel's CD, "Synthetic Dances", featuring solo and chamber music of Allan Blank, Libby Larsen, Hendrik Andriessen and John Valerio was released in 2008 on the Centaur label.

In 2001, Ms. Nagel was the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowship. She has performed across the United States and in Europe with the Bethlehem Bach Choir and the New York City Opera National Company. Ms. Nagel was a solo recitalist on the Noonday Concert series at St. Paul's Chapel in New York City and has performed with the New Philharmonia of Riverside and the Chamber Orchestra of New England. She is a frequent performer at conferences of the International Double Reed Society, including concerts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Austin, Texas, Greensboro, North Carolina, and Tempe, Arizona. Ms. Nagel was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts where she performed under conductors Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Oliver Knussen, and Roger Norrington. She was a fellowship participant of the Sarasota Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, and the Yale Chamber Music Festival.

A native of Chicago, Ms. Nagel received a B.M degree from Lawrence University, M.M. degree from Yale University, and a D.M.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where she studied with Ronald Roseman. Ms. Nagel has performed in master classes with Robert Bloom, Ray Still, Richard Killmer, and Richard Woodhams. Former students have been accepted for further study at numerous institutions, including the Eastman School of Music, the University of Southern California, Cincinnati College Conservatory, Indiana University, and have gone on to successful careers as performers and teachers across the region.

 

Andreissen Ballade

Valerio Synthetic Dances, mvt. 1

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