Rebecca Nagel
Biography
Oboist Rebecca Schalk Nagel enjoys a varied career
as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. In 2001,
Ms. Nagel was the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission
Artist Fellowship. She has performed at conferences of the International
Double Reed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Austin, Texas, Greensboro,
North Carolina, and Tempe, Arizona. Ms. Nagel has been a solo recitalist
on the Noonday Concert series at St. Paul's Chapel in New York City
and has performed with the Bethlehem Bach Choir, the New York City
Opera National Company, the New Philharmonia of Riverside, and the
Chamber Orchestra of New England.
Currently principal oboist of the South Carolina
Philharmonic, Ms. Nagel has performed as a soloist with the Philharmonic
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. 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,
SC). Her latest CD, "Synthetic Dances", featuring solo
and chamber music of Allan Blank, Libby Larsen, Hendrik Andriessen
and John Valerio was released on the Centaur
label. Ms. Nagel performs frequently with the Greenville and Charleston
Symphonies, and is Professor of Music at the University of South
Carolina.
Ms. Nagel participated as a Fellow at the Tanglewood
Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, 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.
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