Double Reed Day
Bios for Faculty
Jan Eberle, MSU professor of oboe
Jan Eberle received her Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance and a Certificate of Special Study from the Curtis Institute of Music.
For 18 years, Eberle held the position of principal oboe in the Fort Worth Symphony. In addition, she has been a guest principal oboist with the Detroit, Houston, Minnesota, and North Carolina Symphonies, and has served as assistant principal oboe in the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has been a featured recitalist and concerto soloist throughout the United States, most notably appearing with Jean Pierre Rampal in his arrangement of the Mozart Symphonia Concertante.
Chamber music has also been an integral part of her musical career. As a member of L'Ensemble de Trois, she was a winner of the Coleman International Chamber Music Competition Nadie di Kibort Award and the Southbay Chamber Music Competition. She was a member of the Harvard Chamber Players for three years. She has also made guest appearances with the Atlanta Virtuosi; Dallas Fine Arts Chamber Players; Suzuki and Friends; and the Oxford String Quartet.
Former teaching experience includes full-time positions at University of Akron, Ohio and the University of South Florida, Tampa. Eberle spends her summers in New York as principal oboe of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and instructor at the Chautuaqua School of Music. She can be heard regularly on national PBS broadcasts of the Chautuaqua Symphony Orchestra and seen on national television with the Fort Worth Symphony in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition specials. Recordings of her performances have been released by Musical Heritage, Zefel, and Resmiranda Records, and Peter Rosen DVD.
Michael Kroth, MSU professor of bassoon and associate dean for undergraduate studies
Michael Kroth has earned a reputation as an excellent solo, chamber and orchestral musician, having performed in recitals and concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Colombia and China. His performances of both serious and novel works for bassoon have been well received by audiences and critics, and he has been praised for his beautiful tone and expressive playing.
Prior to his appointment at MSU, Kroth was principal bassoon with the South Dakota Symphony and Dakota Wind Quintet. He has also held positions as principal bassoonist with the Air Force Academy Band and the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra. Former teaching positions include Augustana College (SD), the University of Sioux Falls, University of South Dakota, and the Colorado College.
Currently, Kroth is principal bassoon with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, a faculty artist at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival (Colorado Springs, CO), and member of the Peninsula Music Festival (Door County, WI). He has performed frequently with the Cleveland Orchestra, and toured as substitute second bassoon on the Cleveland Orchestra European Tour and Vienna Residency in 2011. He also performs regularly with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Grand Rapids Symphony.
Kroth has presented master classes and clinics at colleges and universities throughout the United States including the Eastman School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory and the Interlochen Arts Academy. He has also presented master classes and performed at several International Double Reed Society Conventions, the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, the Music Middle School of Shanghai Conservatory, and in outreach work in Medellin, Colombia.
He received degrees in bassoon performance from Ithaca College and Temple University in Philadelphia. His major teachers include Edward Gobrecht, Bernard Garfield and Ryohei Nakagawa. His performances can be heard regularly on National Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio and South Dakota Public Radio. He has released recordings on the Sound Works, Ultrasound, AFSC and HCS labels.
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