Marissa Olegario

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Scholarly Contributions

Presentations

• Olegario, M. (2023, September). Guest Performance Masterclass . Carthage College.
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  Presented a masterclass for the bassoon studio of Carthage College in Wisconsin.
• Olegario, M. (2023, September). Guest Performance Masterclass . Illinois State University.
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  Presented a masterclass for the bassoon studio of Illinois State University 
• Olegario, M. (2023, September). Guest Performance Masterclass . University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
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  Presented a masterclass for the bassoon studio of University of Illinois Champaign Urbana
• Olegario, M. (2023, September). Guest Performance Masterclass . University of Kentucky.
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  Presented a masterclass for the bassoon studio of the University of Kentucky
• Olegario, M. (2022, January 23). National Associate for Music Education, Guest Clinician . National Associate for Music Education All National Honor Ensembles. Virtual.
• Olegario, M. (2022, November). Marissa Olegario, bassoon: Dallas Residency . various studios in Dallas. Dallas, Texas.
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  Visiting artist at: University of North Texas Baylor University Allen ISDFrisco ISD 

Creative Productions

• Olegario, M. (2023. Musical Murals . Downtown TucsonBeyond Foundation, Meet Me at Maynards, Instrumental Music Center.
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  This was the 3rd year of this community focused event. It grew to include even more representation across the school including: HarpFusion, New Horizons and Opera. Music of a variety of genres and styles were presented across .5 mile radius in downtown Tucson. Participants once again enjoyed music and art while logging their steps. 
• Olegario, M. (2023. Oklahoma Summer Art Institute . Quartz Mountain.
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  Served on the faculty of the 2 week Oklahoma Summer Art Institute. There I gave 1 hour private instruction to 3 high school, presented reed making workshops, coached wind chamber groups, and performed in a wind quintet with four other visiting faculty members from around the country. 
• Olegario, M., & Schauer, E. R. (2022. Musical Murals: An interactive walking tour of downtown Tucson . Downtown Tucson. Downtown Tucson: Beyond Foundation, Meet Me at Maynards, Instrumental Music Center. https://www.beyond-tucson.org/event/musical-murals?fbclid=IwAR0YdrTpJ5334oDQwGbORT6nHXYWE4THoVkkrOgp7z9Jrwqzbq1pp4HZaq8
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  A collaboration between Beyond's Meet Me at Maynards and the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music brings healthy exercise, live music, and art together creating a movable feast of immersive art. In its second year, student chamber ensembles from the Fred Fox School of Music will perform along a walking route that connects the colorful walls of art in downtown Tucson. Muralists include University of Arizona alumni (Jessica Gonzales and Joe Pagac), internationally renowned El Mac, Ignacio Garcia and more. “Musical Murals” is part of the Arizona Arts Signature Series, a curated set of events and experiences this fall designed to highlight the amazing work being done across the division.‍
• Luce, B., Fraker, S. E., Olegario, M. S., Woods, R. A., & Ross, W. M. (2020. William Mathias: A Vision of Time and Eternity, Songs and Chamber Music. Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone.. Compact DiscNaxos Records. https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574053&fbclid=IwAR0v8yfiy_OHVa_iROJISMCVDsqIqIQzEOsbdhqP_7kNjOr75XBFpAyWTyM
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  Appears on album: William Mathias: A Vision of Time and Eternity, Songs and Chamber Music. Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone.Performed on several tracks
• Ross, W. M., Woods, R. A., Olegario, M., Fraker, S. E., & Luce, B. (2020. Concertino, Op. 65. compact discNaxos Records. https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574053&fbclid=IwAR0v8yfiy_OHVa_iROJISMCVDsqIqIQzEOsbdhqP_7kNjOr75XBFpAyWTyM
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  Appears on album: William Mathias: A Vision of Time and Eternity, Songs and Chamber Music. Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone.
• Ross, W. M., Woods, R. A., Olegario, M., Fraker, S. E., & Luce, B. (2019. Concertino, Op. 65. compact discNaxos Records. https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574053&fbclid=IwAR0v8yfiy_OHVa_iROJISMCVDsqIqIQzEOsbdhqP_7kNjOr75XBFpAyWTyM
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  Appears on album: William Mathias: A Vision of Time and Eternity, Songs and Chamber Music.

Creative Performances

• Luce, B. A., Fraker, S. E., Lundy, J., Olegario, M., & Glazier, J. (2023. The Arizona Wind Quintet and Mill Avenue Chamber Players. Arizona Wind Quintet in Concert. Tucson, AZ: School of Music.
• Olegario, M. (2023. Haydn's "The Creation" performance with True Concord Voices and Orchestra . True Concord concert.
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  Three total performances of Haydn's Creation with GRAMMY nominated True Concord Voices and Orchestra. I played principal bassoon on this cycle. 
• Olegario, M. (2023. Music in the Mountains Summer Orchestra . Music in the Mountains. Durango, Colorado.
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  I am second bassoon of the Music in the Mountains Summer Festival Orchestra directed by Guillermo Figueroa. We present three symphonic concerts a week and several chamber performances throughout the three week festival. 
• Olegario, M. (2023. Solo Concerto performance with Arizona Symphonic Winds . Arizona Symphonic Winds Spring Concert. Udall Park.
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  Solo performance of J. Fucik "Concertino for Bassoon" with the Arizona Symphonic Winds conducted by Laszlo Veres. 
• Olegario, M., & Farmer, J. (2023. "Equal Time" by Gernot Wolfgang. Meg Quigley International Competition and Symposium. Tucson, Arizona.
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  World premier of a newly composed bassoon duo by Gernot Wolfgang. Performed at the Meg Quigley International Bassoon Symposium.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat Major, K.191 with the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra . Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. Klein Center for the Performing Arts.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Music Under the Stars . Tucson Pops Concert Series. DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Music Under the Stars . Tucson Pops Concerts.
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  The Tucson Pops Orchestra has been sharing the joy of music with audiences of all ages since it was founded in 1955 by world-class violinist Georges DeMeester and his collaborator Ernest Hoffman. The Orchestra began with just 22 musicians and has grown to 50 gifted and talented professional musicians consistently attracting audiences in excess of 8,500 to its spring and fall concert series.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Music in the Mountains Summer Festival . 36th Music in the Mountains Summer Festival. Durango, CO.
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  For 36 years, Music in the Mountains has been producing an exceptional summer music festival with musicians of the highest caliber; entertaining, educating and delighting audiences with the richness of classical music in Durango, Colorado. 
• Olegario, M. (2022. San Diego Symphony. How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.
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  The San Diego Symphony performed LIVE TO FILM the score by the late, great film composer James Horner. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim Carrey as "The Grinch," is written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, and is directed by Ron Howard.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Solo with Tucson Repertory Orchestra . Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club Concert. Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club.
• Olegario, M. (2022. Tucson Symphony Orchestra Kinderkonzert . Tucson Symphony Orchestra Kinderkonzart Series.
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  KinderKonzerts brings 4,000 students in grades K–2 and their teachers to the Berger Performing Arts Center for performances by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. These culturally diverse, 45-minute concerts utilize a variety of orchestral music to introduce students to the instruments and musicians of the orchestra, as well as musical concepts that connect to educational themes. Nearly 40 public, private, parochial and home school groups take part in TSO KinderKonzerts each year, with schools traveling from as far away as Oracle, Rio Rico, and Nogales.
• Olegario, M. (2022. University of North Carolina Greensboro Double Reed Day, Guest Artist . University of North Carolina Greensboro Double Reed Day. https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/UNCG-Double-Reed-Day-2022.pdf
• Olegario, M. (2022. chatter AT THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM. chatter Music Worth Talking About. Albuquerque Museum.
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  Giacinto Scelsi YamaonMario Lavista MarsiasJosé Pablo Moncayo Sonata for Viola and PianoArturo Márquez Octeto MalandroJavier Ortiz bass-baritoneJesse Tatum fluteMelissa Peña oboeMarissa Olegario bassoonEric Lau, Ashley Kelly saxophonesLaura Steiner violaJeff Cornelius percussionLuke Gullickson pianoSam Brown bassDavid Felberg conductor
• Olegario, M., Fraker, S., & Glazier, J. (2022. Reed Trio Recital . International Double Reed Society Conference. Boulder, CO.
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  Presented a reed trio recital featuring Pine Chant, Lachlan Skipworth (b. 1982)the tree is alive and singing for you, Veronika Krausas (b. 1963)Pub: Veronika KrausasSequoiadendron giganteum: The Big Tree from The Sequoia Trio, Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)Pub: Jenni BrandonVivo from Trio pour hautbois, clarinette et basson, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)Pub: EschigSara Fraker, OboeJackie Glazier, ClarinetMarissa Olegario, Bassoon

Others

• Olegario, M. (2023, May). Winner of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassoon Audition .
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  I won the national search for the Principal Bassoon position. The position was previously held by Latitia Bryant for over 40 years. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra is a member of the the League of American Orchestras. Celebrating their 95th season, the TSO is a longstanding institution of Tucson and the Southwest.  

Creative Works

• Music + Festival; October 2023; Performed the music of Dan Asia in a flute/bassoon duo and wind quintet. This was part of the final Music + Festival celebrating the music of Dan Asia and Friends.
• Strauss Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon; October 2022
• Rain Song: Performing for the Sonoran Desert; May 2022
• Faculty Artist Recital Wind Sand and Grey Sand; March 2022
• Faculty Artist Recital: Arizona Wind Quintet; August 2022; Three imaginative works for wind quintet chart a journey through three very different sound worlds. Reena Esmail's The Light is the Same (2017), a fascinating exploration of two contrasting Hindustani raags, embodies Rumi's notion that "The lamps may be different / but the light is the same." Audacious rhythms and otherworldly colors characterize Mario Lavista's Cinco Danzas Breves (1994), already a classic of the contemporary Mexican chamber music repertoire. The program concludes with Dream States (2020) by Fred Fox School of Music alum Colin Nossek (BM '20). This deeply impressive work charms with its inventive melodies and evocative depictions of the liminal states between waking, sleeping, and dreaming -- with several movements taking inspiration from bluegrass. 
• Arizona Wind Quintet Spring Recital; April 2023; Arizona Wind Quintet Faculty Artist Recital
• Earth Day in the Arts District; April 2022
• Rude Moods; As part of a consortium, I commissioned this piece of 12 movements for unaccompanied bassoon. 
• The Illusion of Separateness; Co-commissioned a bassoon concerto for solo bassoon and string orchestra. The piece is about 18 minutes long, a continuous movement with a cadenza. The purpose is to create a work that is accessible to several ability levels while still being enjoyable for both performer and audience. 
• mizar a & b; Projection design; Commissioned New York City based projection designer to create a video projection to accompany a piece entitled Mizar a & b for bassoon and bass clarinet by Austrian composer Johannes Berauer. The projection conceptualized outer space, stars, and galaxies. This mirrored Berauer's vision for his composition which was inspired by Mizar, a quadrupel star system in the constellation of Ursus Major consisting of two binary stars and is in a distance of 78 light years from earth.  
• After Rain; Solo bassoon; Commissioned a new work for solo bassoon by Chinese composer, Shuying Li. World Premiere: October 28, 2018 at the Arete Venue and Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.Arizona Premiere: November 1, 2018 at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music Holsclaw Hall
• Arizona Wind Quintet Recital; Evening recital at the Tubac Center for the Arts. 
• intertwine; Inspired by our perforamnce of Mizar a & b for bassoon, bass clarinet, and electronics in the Fall of 2018, I co-commissioned a piece for bassoon and bass clarinet by Los Angeles based composer Sarah Gibson. intertwine, for bassoon, bass clarinet and melodica, is inspired by MJ Levy-Dickson's bird nest drawings. We hope to collaborate with the Desert Museum for a performance and exhibit of the works. 
• Arizona Wind Quintet Los Angeles Tour; Inspired by their week-long residency at UNAM's Facultad de Música in Mexico City in the winter of 2018, the Arizona Wind Quintet created an eclectic series of performances paying tribute to the works of living Mexican composers and the extraordinary chamber music scene of MExico's cosmopolitan capital city. The tour consisted of master classes, interactive community events, student composer readings, and concerts in a variety of performance spaces. Please see the attached document for more details. Johanna and I served as the main coordinators of the trip, connecting with our Southern California network, scheduling school visits and concerts, organizing all travel details (airfare, car, itinerary.) 
• Beethoven: Music for Winds; Classical; Naxos; Album released on October 25, 2019 as part of a larger project of several Beethoven albums to celebrate the composer's 250th birthday. This recording project features two of Beethoven's major works for wind instruments of his early years.