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Name: Jeff Ward Hometown: Reston, Virginia Year: Senior Major: Music Performance and Music Education Bassoon Type: Puchner Ensemble: Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra Career Goals: eh... we'll see Favorite thing about IC: The depressing amount of stairs and the bitter, bitter cold, and Jen Meyers Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Lifeguarding, watching tv, Jen Meyers E-mail Address: jward2@ithaca.edu Favorite Bassoon Link: umm the Ithaca College Bassoon Studio Web page- DUH!! Favorite Bassoon Piece: Mozart Concerto Interesting Personal Fact: I'm always right and I have an irrational fear of getting stuck in a bathroom stall. I'm president of the Jen Meyers fan club. |
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Name: Jill Bushnell Hometown: Syracuse, NY Year: Junior Major: Music Education and Music Performance Bassoon Type: Fox 240 Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra Career Goals: Elementary music, special music education Favorite thing about IC: Small campus, nice people Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Skiing, movies, internet, babysitting, hanging out with friends E-mail Address: jbusne1@ithaca.edu Favorite Bassoon Piece: The Etler Sonata Personal Quote: "Forget regret, or life is yours to miss." Interesting Personal Fact: I saw 6 moose while in New Hampshire for the summer and now I'm obsessed. |
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Name: AJ Coppola Hometown: Gilford, NH Year: Junior Major: Music Education Bassoon Type: Fox Renard Ensemble: Career Goals: To steal art, I'm just having a hard time finding the correct major. Favorite thing about IC: Backwards it's spelled acahti, which sounds like a spicy food. Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Reading, whaling, travel E-mail Address: acoppol1@ithaca.edu Favorite Bassoon Piece: The Duck Interesting Personal Fact: I'm an X-Man |
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Name: Jared Cowing Hometown: Blooming Grove, NY Year: Junior Major: Music Composition Bassoon Type: Fox Ensemble: Symphonic Band Career Goals: Composing for visual media Favorite thing about IC: The great view of the scenery Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Composing, reading, walking, thinking, using the computer, and playing bassoon of course. E-mail Address: jcowing1@ithaca.edu Interesting Personal Fact: I know how to walk a llama. Several, if need be. |
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Name: Maggie Oswald Hometown: North Wales, PA (outside Philly) Year: Junior Major: Music Education and Music Performance Bassoon Type: Fox 240 - "Nigel" Ensemble: Symphonic Band Career Goals: To marry a rich doctor so I can continue to play bassoon. Favorite thing about IC: Complete nerds like myself don’t really stand out. Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Skiing, harassing my roomie, making smoothies (and juice!), napping, pretending to have a social life, feeling guilty for not being in a practice room, badminton. E-mail Address: moswald1@ithaca.edu Personal Quote: "I have learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind. But I've brought a big bat you, so I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me." - Dr. Seuss Interesting Personal Fact: I'm addicted to lip gloss and wintOgreen lifesavers. |
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Name: Jessica Tortorici Hometown: Rochester, NY Year: Junior Major: Music Education and Music Performance Bassoon Type: Walter Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Pep Band Career Goals: Domestic Engineer Favorite thing about IC: Townsend Plant. Still. Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Freeing ducks trapped in sliding doors, playing Guitar Hero more than bassoon, eating far more cereal than any human being should, and buying Halloween decorations year-round. E-mail Address: jtortor1@ithaca.edu Favorite Bassoon Piece: Snakes on a Plane - Composed by Cobra Starship, arranged for Bassoon Quartet by Nick Bombicino Personal Quote: "I am what I am and that's all that I am!" - Popeye Interesting Personal Fact: I once had surgery to remove 3/4 of an inch of graphite from my foot because I stepped on a pencil while contemplating waht to write to Stick Stickley (P.O. Box 963, New York City, New York State, 10108).
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Name: Alex Levine Hometown: CEllenville, NY Year: Sophomore Major: Biochemistry Bassoon Type: Moosmann Model 100A Ensemble: Symphonic Band Career Goals: Working in developing biotechnology Favorite thing about IC: Good friends, good times, and gorgeous scenery Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Tennis, running, keeping up on new technology E-mail Address: Alevine3@ithaca.edu Favorite Piece : Mozart Concerto for Bassoon Interesting Personal Fact: Always looking for a new adventure. |
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Name: Allison Crerand Year: Sophomore
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FRESHMEN
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Name: Shaun Barnett Hometown: Newburgh, NY Year: Freshman Major: Bassoon Type: Moosmann 100A Ensemble: Symphonic Band Career Goals: Get Leprosy, be miraculously cured, get some followers, establish the Church of Jeff Ward. Favorite thing about IC: Dr. GR! Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Firefighting, serving as a doppleganger E-mail Address: Sbarnet1@ithaca.edu Favorite Piece : Interesting Personal Fact: I don't wear white socks. Ever. |
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Name: Judith Olson Hometown: Suburbia, New York Year: Freshman Major: It seems to change a lot these days... Bassoon Type: Moosmann Professional Model 222A Ensemble: Career Goals: To bring back the show "Legends of the Hidden Temple" and be the host... or else become a grown up version of Alex Mack. Favorite thing about IC: How some days, when I down out my window, I see a cloud layer below me. Hobbies Outside the School of Music: Getting lost, blending things, crayola crayons, sleeping, claymation, triscuits, and cleaning E-mail Address: Jolson1@ithaca.edu Favorite Piece : Hummel Personal Quote: "I like a you...Frigia..." (Flash Gordon, the movie) Interesting Personal Fact: I've dyed my hair. A lot. And I love socks fresh from the packaging. They are the best thing on earth. |
