Sunderman Woodwind Quintet to perform Nov. 16

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Sunderman Woodwind Quintet will perform Nov. 16 at Gettysburg College.

The 8 p.m. performance will take place in Schmucker Hall's Paul Recital Hall located along North Washington Street. The program will feature a sampling of the works of Andriessen, Ewazen, Mahler, Schocker and Stein. The Sunderman Woodwind Quintet is comprised of Gettysburg College professors Anna Clair Ballard-Ayoub, bassoon, Kenneth Bell, horn, Teresa Bowers, flute, Colleen Hartung, clarinet, and Ed Stanley, oboe. The event is free and open to the public.

Ballard-Ayoub has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, Germantown Symphony and Delaware Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, Ballard-Ayoub was the solo bassoonist with the Washington National Cathedrals, recording Stale Kleiberg's "Requiem" for the victims of Nazi persecution. She earned a bachelor's of music at the University of North Texas and master's of music at the Peabody Conservatory, both in bassoon.

Bell taught college students at Catholic University and College of Charleston, as well as private lessons to beginners. Bell earned a bachelor's of music from the Eastman School of Music and master's from the Catholic University of America.

Bowers coaches chamber music and serves as coordinator for recruitment and outreach for the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. She is a frequent recitalist, freelance musician and adjudicator and clinician for festivals and workshops.

Hartung has performed with the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra, Little Symphony of Winston-Salem, Jackson Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and York Symphony Orchestra. She also teaches at Mount St. Mary's University and Frederick Community College. Hartung earned a bachelor's and master's at the North Carolina School of the Arts and doctor of musical arts degree at Michigan State University, all in clarinet performance

Stanley has performed with the Maryland Symphony, Millbrook Orchestra, Cumberland Valley Chamber Players, Mercersburg Community Chorus and Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra and Hood College Chamber Players. He also teaches at Hood College and private lessons. Stanley earned a bachelor's in music education at Western Carolina University and master of music degree in oboe performance at the University of Oklahoma.

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines Gettysburg's superb music tradition and its strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. Established in 2005 through a $15.7 million gift from 1919 graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman Sr., the conservatory offers three degrees -- bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music, and bachelor of science in music education -- as well as a minor in music.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

By: Justin Brower, class of 2010