March 21, 2027
Join faculty members Jaren Atherholt and Ryan Yamashiro for UT’s Double Reed Day! It will be a day of performances, reed making, masterclasses, community and music making. Calling students of all ages passionate about the oboe and the bassoon, this event promises a jam-packed schedule designed to elevate your skills and ignite your creativity.
Double Reed Day Schedule
March 20 at 7:30 PM | Natalie L. Haslam Music Center | Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Join the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Double Reed Faculty Jaren Atherholt (oboe) and Ryan Yamashiro (bassoon) for an evening of chamber music. Featuring works by William Grant Still, Valerie Coleman and Francis Poulenc, this will be an exciting program to kick off the Double Reed Day weekend.
March 21 | Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
8:30 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Opening Faculty Recital
9:30 a.m. Group Warm Up
10 a.m. Masterclasses and Reed Making
12 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Masterclasses and Reed Making
2 p.m. Honors Double Reed Ensemble Rehearsal
3 p.m. Honors Double Reed Ensemble Final Performance
We are pleased to share that Jason Onks from Onks Woodwind Specialists will be joining us during Double Reed Day. He will provide a session on oboe maintenance and also be available to adjust oboes throughout the day.
Faculty
Jaren Atherholt, oboe
Jaren Atherholt is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Principal Oboist of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. She previously served as principal oboist of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for eleven seasons. A native of Alaska, Jaren has performed to stellar reviews as a featured concerto soloist and has been guest principal oboist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Detroit Symphony, as well as guest associate principal oboist with the Pittsburgh and Atlanta Symphonies. International engagements include principal oboe with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico and Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City. Jaren spent four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and currently performs each summer with the Grand Teton Music Festival. She has served on the faculty of John Mack Oboe Camp, Interlochen Arts Camp, the Wintergreen Music Academy, and the Vianden International Music School. Jaren plays Loree oboes.
Ryan Yamashiro, bassoon
Ryan Yamashiro is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he received a Master of Music Degree in 2019 studying with Barrick Stees. He received his Bachelor’s Degree of Art in Music Performance in the spring of 2017 from UCLA where he studied with John Steinmetz. Ryan has played with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Billings Symphony Orchestra, and Battle Creek Symphony. He was a chamber music fellow at the Kent Blossom Music Festival in 2018 and in 2017 performed as a concerto soloist with the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra. Ryan has been engaged as a guest artist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Music and keeps his own private bassoon studio. When not playing the bassoon, Ryan enjoys roasting coffee, playing chess, and computer programming.