Jennet Ingle is Principal Oboist of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. Jennet is a soloist at heart, joyfully taking over any stage that will have her.
Her lifelong interest in new music led to a recent commissioning project – Dreams and Visions (Searching the Shadows) by Marjorie Rusche is a triptych based on cards from the Tarot deck. In March 2007, she was honored to perform the world premiere of Doug Lofstrom’s Oboe Concertino, a work commissioned for her by the New Philharmonic Orchestra and the College of DuPage.
As the owner and operator of Jennet Ingle Reeds, she makes and sells over two hundred handmade reeds every month, and helps people with their own reed-making through her YouTube series, The Five Minute Reedmaker, her weekly online Reed Club, and her beginner course, Zero to Reedmaker.
Jennet has recently focused on building a community for adult oboists. Her signature group program, the Invincible Oboist, demystifies instrumental skills and helps oboists to get past the STRUGGLE to find ease in their playing.
Her new book, The Happiest Musician, encourages creatives to take agency in their careers and not wait to be chosen.
Jennet can be found on the web at www.jennetingle.com
Siwon [see-one] Kim, a native of Seoul, South Korea, is praised for her “masterful musicality with the distinct, unrestrained sound” (The Segye Times). On the stage, she is “commanding and decisive” (South Bend Tribune). She actively performs in concert venues in North America, Europe, and Asia, including Mariinsky II (Russia), Toppan Hall (Japan), Harbin Concert Hall (China), the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Morris Arts Center, Hill Auditorium (USA), and Kumho Art Hall, and Universal Arts Center (South Korea).
Besides appearing as a guest artist at numerous international music festivals, such as the Toradze International Music Festival (Georgia), Dr. Siwon also performed as a soloist with orchestras worldwide, including the South Bend Symphony, The Mariinsky Orchestra, and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. She is also a versatile pianist who is in demand in chamber music. She has worked internationally with the late pianist Alexander Toradze as his sole Piano Duo Partner. She was invited to perform with the Contemporary Directions Ensembles of the University of Michigan for the “The Legacy of George Crumb: Angels and Stars” tribute series, “Zappa and Dead Elvis” and the “Gershwin Centennial Celebration: Rhapsody in Blue in 100”.
A graduate of Seoul National University, Dr. Siwon moved to the States, joined the esteemed Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University South Bend, and received piano performance degrees (MM, AD.) She earned her DMA degree at the University of Michigan, under the guidance of Arthur Greene, with her dissertation focused on Sergei Prokofiev’s Last Piano Sonata, No. 9 in C Major, Op. 103. Dr. Siwon works as a music director at the First Presbyterian Church Mishawaka and is a faculty member at Bethel University. For more information on Siwon Kim checkout her website.
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